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<title>Linux Commercial-HOWTO
<author>Martin Michlmayr, <htmlurl url = "mailto:[e-mail]"
name = "[e-mail]">, <htmlurl url = "http://www.sypher.com/tbm"
name = "http://www.sypher.com/tbm">

<date>v2.5, 23 August 1996
<abstract>
This document contains a listing of commercial software and applications which
are offered for Linux.  It is maintained by <htmlurl
url = "http://www.sypher.com/tbm" name = "Martin Michlmayr">
<htmlurl url = "mailto:[e-mail]" name = "<[e-mail]>">.
</abstract>

<toc>

<sect>About this document
<p>

This is the Linux Commercial-HOWTO.  It contains a listing of
commercial software which is available for Linux.  The Commercial-HOWTO
doesn't contain any information on Linux distributions -- this is covered
by the Distribution-HOWTO.<p>

This document was originated by Harald Milz
<htmlurl url = "mailto:[e-mail]"
name = "<[e-mail]>">.
It is now maintained by <htmlurl
url = "http://www.sypher.com/tbm" name = "Martin Michlmayr">
<htmlurl url = "mailto:[e-mail]" name = "<[e-mail]>">.
<p>
If you need to know more about the
<htmlurl url = "http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/linux.html"
name = "Linux Documentation Project"> or about Linux HOWTO's, feel free to
contact the supervisor
<htmlurl url = "http://www.cc.gatech.edu/staff/h/Greg.Hankins"
name = "Greg Hankins">
<htmlurl url = "mailto:[e-mail]"
name = "<[e-mail]>">.
<p>

Greg Hankins will post the listing to several national and international
newsgroups on a monthly basis.  In addition, the Commercial-HOWTO is
available via FTP at
<htmlurl url = "ftp://ftp.sypher.com/tbm/HOWTO"
name = "ftp://ftp.sypher.com/tbm/HOWTO">
or can be found on the World Wide Web at
<htmlurl url = "http://www.sypher.com/tbm/Commercial-HOWTO"
name = "http://www.sypher.com/tbm/Commercial-HOWTO">.
<p>

The Commercial-HOWTO is not a forum for product announcements or marketing
hype; it is a service for potential customers and the whole Linux community.
Resellers will not be listed; the list is for companies who produce their
software themselves.  Two main goals are being aimed at:

<itemize>
<item>It shall help companies who want to run Linux to find software
solutions and applications.  The international distribution of this list
will enhance the contact opportunity.

<item>It is meant to prove the commercial useability of Linux and thus to
encourage other vendors to port their software as well.
</itemize>

Companies and developers who are offering their products for Linux and
interested in joining the Commercial-HOWTO are invited to fill in the
following form and contact me at
<htmlurl url = "mailto:[e-mail]" name = "[e-mail]">.
<p>

This HOWTO contains tabular entries for each product (example follows).
The entry format is similar to the Linux Software Map (LSM) entry
(field/stanza lengths are arbitrary).  If you want me to add your entry
please <em>keep short</em>, otherwise I'll have to shorten your data.
Furthermore, please send me plain ASCII data; no HTML, no Postscript, and
no MIME.<p>

If you send me an entry for your product, please don't forget to send me
timely updates if appropriate.

<tscreen><verb>
Name:

The name of your application.

Description:

SHORT description of the package, just the basic functionality.

Licensing Policy:

Whatever applies.  Is there a free demo or shareware version available
via FTP or WWW?  Where?

OS Provisions:

Kernel version, XFree86 version, Motif version, RAM, harddisk usage, etc.

Documentation:

Printed documentation, page number, online help, language.

Extra Features and Add-Ons:

(and their prices)

Price Range:

Whatever it costs.

Vendor:

Address:
Phone: (U.S. and Canada: if you like to be reachable internationally,
       please don't enter only a 1-800 or 1-900 number)
Fax:
Contact:
EMail:
WWW:
</verb></tscreen>


<sect>Copyright Information
<p>

This HOWTO is Copyright © 1996 by Martin Michlmayr.
<p>
A verbatim copy may be reproduced or distributed in any medium physical or
electronic without permission of the author.  Translations are similarly
permitted without express permission if it includes a notice on who translated
it.
<p>
Short quotes may be used without prior consent by the author.  Derivative work
and partial distributions of the Commercial-HOWTO must be accompanied with
either a verbatim copy of this file or a pointer to the verbatim copy.
<p>
Commercial redistribution is allowed and encouraged; however, the author would
like to be notified of any such distributions.
<p>
In short, we wish to promote dissemination of this information through as many
channels as possible.  However, we do wish to retain copyright on the HOWTO
documents, and would like to be notified of any plans to redistribute the
HOWTOs.
<p>
We further want that <em>all</em> information provided in the HOWTOs is
disseminated.  If you have questions, please contact Greg Hankins, the Linux
HOWTO coordinator, at <htmlurl url = "mailto:[e-mail]"
name = "[e-mail]">.

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<sect>Disclaimer
<p>

This HOWTO is not actually a HOWTO in the sense of the
<htmlurl
url = "http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/INDEX.html"
name = "Linux Documentation Project">.  Instead, it is an instrument to
investigate the commercial Linux opportunity and to list applications
which were already ported and marketed in a native Linux version.  As a
software vendor, you probably know that you can alternatively offer
Linux users a statically linked SCO version of your application which
would probably run under the iBCS2 emulator (albeit with a small
performance penalty and higher memory requirements).  Such applications
will not be listed here (see the iBCS2 documentation at
<htmlurl url = "ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/BETA/ibcs2/"
name = "ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/BETA/ibcs2">).
<p>
I will not select nor deselect any particular product.  Instead, everyone
who wants to have her product included will be serviced.  However, I
reserve the right to shorten individual entries to keep things in shape.
<p>
If you don't find a particular product or vendor in this list, this
is probably due to one of the following reasons:

<itemize>
<item>I never heard of that product or vendor and thus
didn't try to get in contact.
<item>I did get in contact, but the vendor didn't
answer yet.
<item>I did get in contact, but the vendor stated
positively that he doesn't sell his product for Linux (yet).
</itemize>

In any case, please get in contact if you feel someone's missing; also if
you discover any errors in the file.
<p>
Sometimes two vendor's addresses are mentioned in the
``Vendor:'' field.  In these cases I received the information from
the German subsidiary/distributor.  The original
manufacturer's address is always mentioned first.
<p>
My comments in the text are enclosed in parentheses ()
and marked with my ``initials'' <em>tbm</em>.

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<sect>Related Information

<p>There's another HTML page which covers commercial Linux software.  It is
maintained by Alan Cox
<htmlurl url = "mailto:[e-mail]" name = "<[e-mail]>">
and can be found at
<htmlurl url = "http://www.linux.org.uk/LxCommercial.html"
name = "http://www.linux.org.uk/LxCommercial.html">.


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<sect>Marketing aspects of commercial Linux applications

<p>This section was suggested by Orest Zborowski
<htmlurl url = "mailto:[e-mail]" name = "<[e-mail]>">;
it is still under construction.<p>
It is meant to help potential commercial software developers to market their
products.  There are several caveats to watch when doing this, e.g. the
<htmlurl url = "ftp://ftp.germany.eu.net/pub/packages/gnu/COPYING"
name = "GNU General Public License"> (GPL) and the <htmlurl
url = "ftp://ftp.germany.eu.net/pub/packages/gnu/COPYING.LIB"
name = "GNU Library General Public License"> (GLPL).<p>
I'd appreciate anyone who wants to share her experience with Linux-specific
marketing issues to send me some lines (see questionaire below).<p>
Please make sure that people interested in more specific items can
contact you via EMail or fax.

<sect1>Investigation
<p>

Here is a questionaire which I ask you to fill out and send me.  Answers
will be handled anonymously, and I will only disclose facts, no names.  The
facts you tell me will be of great value to get an idea how the commercial
Linux market looks like.  If you do not market your application in a native
Linux version, please tell my why.  If not stated otherwise,
``application'' stands for ``native Linux version of your application''.

<itemize>

<item>Why did you start marketing your application? Why
didn't you do it earlier?

<item>How many copies of the application do
you expect to sell
    <itemize>
    <item>for Linux,
    <item>for all the other Unix variants,
    </itemize>
during the planned product life? (This information is
kept confidential if you require)

<item>How many copies of your application did
you already sell
    <itemize>
    <item>for Linux?
    <item>for all the other Unix variants?
    </itemize>
(This information is kept confidential if you require)

<item>Which technical problems did you have porting
your application to Linux? How did you solve/circumvent
them?

<item>How many employees are working on
    <itemize>
    <item>porting to Linux,
    <item>providing support to end users/distributors?
    </itemize>
(This information is kept confidential if you require)

<item>Does your company offer the support for the
application or did you (attempt to) outsource the
support? If you provide support yourself, would you
like to outsource it?

<item>Which issues were important for the pricing? Is
the application
    <itemize>
    <item>more expensive,
    <item>equally priced,
    <item>cheaper,
    <item>shareware priced,
    </itemize>
compared to versions for other Unix variants?

<item>What types of end users you you address with the
application?

<item>According to your experience, was it a good
decision to start marketing the application? Will
you port and market other applications too?

<item>Are there any copy protection issues you
have/like to consider? If yes, how did you solve the
problem?

<item>How do you think about the <htmlurl
url = "ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/BETA/ibcs2/"
name = "iBCS2 emulator"> and offering a statically linked
SCO/ISC or other version runnable under the emulator?
Why did you choose to offer a native Linux version
instead?

<item>What is your warranty strategy (Do you restict
the usage to certain kernel/C-lib versions etc.)?

<item>Which country-specific (e.g. legal) issues did
you have to take into consideration?  How did you cope
with them?

<item>Are there any other important issues which I
possibly (probably) forgot to ask?

</itemize>



<sect1>Some Aspects

<p>Porting to Linux simply means recompiling in many,
many cases.  Sometimes some <tt/#include/ tweaking may
be necessary.  If you develop your apps using GNU C/C++
which is very useful sometimes, there should be
virtually no further work to do.

<p>One big <bf/advantage with Linux/ is that all the source
code of the operating system is freely
available.  Experienced programmers can easily spot the
locations where problems occur and contact the
"responsible" developer for assistance.  I never
encountered anyone being impolite -- just make sure you read the
respective documentation first...

<p>The persons responsible for the Linux port should
know where to get vital information in case of
problems. The <htmlurl
url = "http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/INDEX.html"
name = "Linux Documentation Project"> offers plenty
information about all and everything and the kitchen
sink. The <htmlurl
url = "http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/INFO-SHEET"
name="Linux INFO-SHEET"> is a good place to start with
for beginners.

<p>The key to success with your Linux port is
<bf/Internet access/, particularly <bf/FTP access/ to
the big Linux FTP servers such as <htmlurl
url = "ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux"
name = "sunsite.unc.edu"> or <htmlurl
url = "ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux"
name = "tsx-11.mit.edu"> and their legion mirrors.

<p>It appears that one big problem is <bf/after-sales
support/.  If you do market your software for Linux, you
should consider to employ someone who knows whom and
where to ask in case of problems with the OS itself.  On
the other hand, you may expect problems with Linux to
be solved <bf/much/ faster than problems with
commercial Unix variants.  For example, the
<em>/bin/login</em> bug allowing people to log onto
Unix hosts as <tt/root/ without entering a password
(known publicly in September 1994) was solved in a
fortnight under Linux, whereas IBM shipped AIX with the
broken <em>/bin/login</em> for another couple of
months (and didn't tell customers although there was a
fix available via FTP).

<p><bf/After-sales support/ for Linux, on the other
hand, can be a good opportunity for small companies and
startups.  If you want to sell a Linux version of your
product you might want to find such a company to
outsource the after-sales support (see respective
section).  They might even help you with the
porting.

<p>Some companies selling big and expensive software
packages <bf/offer completely installed systems/,
i.e. the hardware, the OS and their specific
software.  In the contract, you can restrict your
warranty to specific kernel/library versions so that
problems are unlikely to occur at a later time.

<p>The <htmlurl
url = "ftp://ftp.germany.eu.net/pub/packages/gnu/COPYING"
name = "GNU General Public License"> (GPL) and the <htmlurl
url = "ftp://ftp.germany.eu.net/pub/packages/gnu/COPYING.LIB"
name = "GNU Library General Public License"> (GLPL) contain no
restriction in terms of marketing products developed
with GNU tools as the GNU C/C++ compiler.  Anyway, the
legal strength of the GPL was never checked at court -- I doubt it
can be <em/enforced/ outside the U.S.A.  If
you violate the GPL, you may expect being sued by the
FSF and being bashed publicly by the Linux community -- the GPL has a
strong <em/ethic/ value.  In case of
doubts, you might want to contact the <htmlurl
url = "mailto:[e-mail]" name = "Free Software
Foundation">.  A very comprehensive interpretation in
German is printed in section 1.7 of Kai Petzke's book
"Unix fuer jedermann -- Einfuehrung in Linux",
Bernd-Michael Paschke Verlag, Berlin 1995, ISBN
3-929711-07-9.

In short terms: The GNU copyleft doesn't affect your
software development and marketing at all.  Feel free
to sell your products without source code and
everything, just as with every other piece of
commercial software.  The GNU Public License says, if
you put a piece of software under the GPL, or if you
receive it as a piece of GPL'd software, you have to
offer your customers the same rights concerning that
software that you have (i.e. hand them the source code,
or offer to deliver the source code for the cost of
distribution for three years after delivery of the
binary).  The GPL does <em/not/ force you to put all
your software under the GPL, irrespective of whether
the operating system it's been written for is GPL'd
itself.  In this HOWTO, you'll find an entire bunch of
commercial software products none of which is GPL'd.

<p><bf/Pricing:/ There are three major
philosophies.  Some companies offer a full or
limited version for a very low fee or even for
free.  Others consider the Linux version as valuable as
those for other OS's and offer it at a reasonable
discount.  Third, the price is equal to that of, say,
the Solaris or the HP/UX version.  Finding a reasonable
price for your product may be somewhat more difficult
than for other Unixes because there are many Linux
users expecting to get everything for free.  Others
(seriously interested customers, i.e. business people
and decision makers) know that nothing is for
free.  You'll have to decide for the target customer.

<p>A word concerning <bf/fast version shifts/.  This is
clearly a prejudice.  From the view of a software
vendor, this is clearly <bf/not true/.  Linux is no
moving target. It <em/is/ true that Linus Torvalds
<htmlurl url="mailto:[e-mail]"
name = "<[e-mail]>">
sometimes releases two or more kernel
patches per week (or even more) in the <bf/hackers'
corner/ (odd minor kernel release numbers).  However, if
you found a kernel doing what it's designed to do
(version 2.0 being a good choice as of this
writing), there's no reason to upgrade.  Leave
everything as it is and limit your warranty to certain
kernel releases.  Selling complete systems helps here,
too, because you can ensure the respective kernel and
its device drivers work in perfect harmony with the
computer, its peripherals and your application.

<p>You might consider offering a <bf/statically linked
Linux version/ too (as it is very popular for SCO due
to some nasty bugs in several SCO runtime libraries)
but please tell your customer about the additional
memory requirement.  However, it is important to mention
that a dynamically linked application automatically
satisfies all the requirements of any LGPL libraries
that it uses, but a statically linked application does
not.  A statically linked application must be available
in some relinkable form to satisfy the LGPL.

<p>If you intend to offer a shrink-wrapped systems
(i.e. a complete hardware/software installation) please
<bf/avoid IDE harddisks/.  Those disks are a perfect
<bf/performance bottleneck/ for a real-world multitasking
OS if it comes to serious work.  If some day EIDE offers
busmaster DMA, this rule may change, though.

<p>Two killer applications are needed under Linux: a
good <bf/text processing system/ and a good <bf/spread
sheet/.

<p><bf/Copy protection/ is virtually impossible under
Linux.  Because the kernel and all the associated tools
are available as source code, any experienced hacker
can hook dongle or key card <tt/ioctl()/ calls.  On a
PC, you don't have a machine/CPU id available.  You
don't want to build a specialized kernel for a certain
(and given) hardware configuration, not disclosing the
corresponding source code; such a kernel would be a
``derived work'' according to the GPL, and doing so would
clearly violate the GPL.

<p>Last not least, don't forget that <bf/university and
college students/ who are the <bf/decision makers of tomorrow/.
If you offer them a reasonably priced product for their
beloved operating system today (think of campus
licenses), there's little question which application
they will choose tomorrow.

<sect>Linux for the Commercial Market?
<p>
Copyright © 1996 iX Multiuser Multitasking Magazin&nl;
Courtesy of iX Multiuser Multitasking Magazin!  <p>

People keep asking me ``When is Linux going to be ready for the
<em>commercial market</em>''.  I guess the first thing to discuss is
what is meant by "commercial" in this context.<p>

Some CD-ROM vendors have put the word "commercial" in their name, only
to have the technical people think their product is good only for use by
banks and insurance companies.  Other people look at their product with
disdain and say that ``Linux is not <em>commercial quality</em>'', because
it is missing some feature they need, or they feel it is unstable (usually
without ever trying it even one time).<p>

To me, the word ``commercial'' has lost as much meaning in the marketplace
as some of the other buzzwords:<p>

<itemize>
<item>``Open'' vs ``Proprietary'' (People are now saying UNIX is ``Proprietary'')
<item>``Workstation'' vs ``PC'' (What is a workstation, anyway?)
</itemize>

In the old days of computing the commercial market was banks, insurance
companies and business-oriented facilities where the use of COBOL or RPG
was the mainstream.  The technical market was scientific, engineering
and manufacturing where FORTRAN and assembly language was used.
Somewhere along the way the term ``commercial'' seems to have gotten
twisted around to mean ``ready for the mass market'', versus ``ready for
hackers''.<p>

For the purpose of this article I will take the second meaning, and
address whether I think Linux is ready for commercial purposes rather
than the hobbyist and hacker market, and ready for the mass market
rather than limited markets.<p>

For those of you who hate reading long articles, or who are short on
time, let me give you my conclusion right now.  Then you can go out and
drink beer or other fun activities:<p>

``Yes, Linux is ready for the commercial market...in some cases''.<p>

In order for an operating system to be ready for the mass market it must
have several attributes:<p>

<itemize>
<item>have lots of applications
<item>be relatively easy to install
<item>have lots of applications
<item>be relatively easy to maintain
<item>have lots of applications
<item>be relatively easy to use
<item>have lots of applications
<item>not crash (much)
<item>have lots of applications
<item>be economical
<item>have lots of applications
</itemize>

But you can eliminate all of these considerations in today's mass market
if only one thing is true:<p>

        You have lots of applications.<p>

after all, there would not be 170,000,000 DOS systems in the world if
any of the others <em>had</em> to be true.<p>

I almost added that is has to be economical, but history has actually
proven me wrong on that.  If people added up the total cost of
ownership, then Apple would certainly have won over the PC.  But people
ignore the human costs of someone else (or even themselves) beating
their head against the wall trying to get something to work, or the
system crashing repeatedly, or the fact that the one keystroke they can
hit the easiest (through practice) is
<tscreen><verb>
        <CTRL><ALT><DEL>
</verb></tscreen>
In the old days people were content to spend several hundreds of dollars
on a simple ASCII text editor, or deal with a simple spreadsheet.  And
it took an act of mangement to get them, with lots of Purchase Orders.
Today, they want multi-media integrated with their operating system, and
have all the applications available that their neighbor (or boss, or
compatriot) has available on <em>their</em> system.  And they want to get these
applications easily, certainly no harder than to call up on the phone to
order them through a catalog, or go down to their corner store to get
them.<p>

Now what causes this plethora of applications for an operating system?
Ease of programming?  Good software development tools?  Features inside
the operating system?  Stability of the interfaces over time?<p>

The answer is ``none of these''.  While all these attributes may help
convince an application developer to port, the one overriding issue is
volume of the operating system platform.  Again, if MSDOS were compared
to MacOS, or even to UNIX and volume were not taken into account, we
know which two operating systems would have the most applications, and
they would not be from Microsoft.<p>

While it is true that several Linux vendors are working on getting these
applications for the mass market (read this " your mother and father"),
the number of applications that run on Microsoft platforms have been
estimated as high as 35,000.  SunOS has an estimated 10,000
applications, with other `commercial UNIX'' systems (including Solaris
2.x) much lower in number. It will take the Linux vendors a long time to
get the number of applications necessary to hit the really large mass
market, particularly if they did not depend on iBCS2 and DOS/Windows
compatibility (which could supply a fair number of current
applications), but depended on ``native'' Linux applications.<p>

So applications are king (and queen) for the mass market, and installed
base (volume) or the promise of explosive growth (volume) is the key to
these. But is the mass market the only ``commercial'' market?  The answer
is ``no''. The mass market is a subset (albeit very large one) of the
commercial market. So let's look at what the rest of the commercial
market needs.  We will look at this by segmenting the market into:

<itemize>
<item>turnkey systems
<item>large end-user customers
<item>specialized markets
</itemize>

<sect1>Turnkey systems
<p>

When I speak of turnkey systems I typically mean a computer system that
has one specific (or not so specific) application that runs on it.
Examples of turnkey systems are point-of-sale terminals, reservation
systems, CAD systems, etc.  But in a larger sense, other applications
such as Web servers, nameservers (such as BIND), etc. could also be
considered ``turnkey'', since they have only a few necessary programs that
have to run on the system.<p>

Usually turnkey systems are ones that an Independent Software Vendor
(ISV) or Value Added Reseller (VAR) will chose a hardware system, an
operating system, port an application to it, then duplicate that system
500 to 1000 times without change to the basic application.  These ISVs
and VARs will try to chose the lowest cost solution to fit their
customer's needs.<p>

Linux is perfect for these types of applications.  The operating system
is stable enough for the developer to port their application and test
the application fully.  Once it is fully tested and stable, the entire
package is ``frozen'' and duplicated any number of times for the end
customer.<p>

Since the operating system may be freely copied, and it runs on
inexpensive hardware, their variable costs are minimal. Even a developer
who is not familiar with the Linux system (so they need help getting it
running on a platform) will quickly pay back the porting and system
programmer costs they accrue by not paying $200-$500. per
license for the operating system.  Plus they have all the source code for
the entire system, in case they run into trouble later on.  You can buy a
lot of Linux support for $200-$500K.<p>

As I said before, I include Internet Service Providers (ISPs) as part of
this ``turnkey'' environment, for both external internet and internal
internet. Why overload your expensive, high-powered, highly complex
general-purpose server to do Web serving when a smaller, simpler box can
offload it?  Why not run your NIS slaves on a Linux box?  Or perhaps
your BIND server?<p>

In the early days of Digital UNIX (known then as DEC OSF/1) we did not
have very many applications.  In fact we had none.  The marketing staff
came to me with sad faces asking if it was possible to sell an operating
system that had no applications.  I invented a term called
``Turbocharging'', which allowed a Digital UNIX system using the speed and
power of the Alpha processor (as well as the throughput of our
networking devices) to offload NIS, NFS, BIND and other services from
people's overloaded, slower SPARC machines.  We also showed people how
they could use the rsh(1) command to allow the Alpha to do a portion
of their very CPU intensive processing while delivering the result back
to the SPARCs on their desk.  This allowed the SPARCs to work more on
applications and less on the other ``system administration'' tasks that
they were performing.  We sold lots of Digital UNIX systems based solely
on executing those tasks.  Today, of course, Digital UNIX has a lot more
applications, and particularly very large memory databases that are
extremely fast.  But the same principle applies.  The database engine
runs on the Alpha system, supplying data to the slower SPARC engines as
a ``Turbocharger''.  I could see Linux systems headed in the same
direction, following the same path.<p>

<sect1>Large end-user customers
<p>

Very large customers often have their own home-grown applications which
they need to deploy across a wide network of people.  Or they can have
management dictate a certain suite of applications, which then can be
ported to Linux. Since these customers are so large, their operating
system costs are huge, and utilizing the savings using the Linux
operating system they may completely cover the expenses of porting their
software.<p>

Or these very large customers may ``influence'' their layered product
providers to port to the Linux platform.  Finally, they may even change
some of their computing habits (to use existing programs) if the cost
savings are enough to warrant it.<p>

Companies like Caldera are creating a suite of applications and
approaching these very large customers to show them the operating system
savings that they can achieve if they switch to Linux.  While it is true
that every application the customer could ever conceive of running may
not run on Linux, by using the native applications, the iBCS2
applications, the DOSEMU applications, and applications that run under
WABI, a nice suite of applications could be built to solve their needs.

<sect1>Specialized markets
<p>

Finally there are what I call ``specialized markets''.  Markets that might
buy Linux simply because it is Linux, and not because of the application
suites that it provides.<p>

In the education field there are three main markets:
<itemize>
<item>administrative
<item>``campus computing''
<item>computer science education
</itemize>

The administrative part is the ``business'' aspect of the market.  They
are looking for easy-to-use systems that can also handle complex
administrative tasks that might cover a community the size of a small
city.<p>

The ``campus computing'' is the supply of computing power and service for
majors of all types, web services and research into non-computer science
(for example, molecular modeling) research.<p>

Finally there is computer science education, both on the undergraduate
and graduate level, as well as research into computer science.<p>

While the administrative sub-market typically relies more on
shrink-wrapped applications, the other two rely on them to a lesser
extent (with the computer science education market relying the least).
The other two markets can utilize a lot more of the freeware and
shareware applications that are already ported to Linux.  This gives
them a very low-cost (from a software perspective) platform while
allowing them to see and (often) modify the source code for the
applications they use.<p>

More importantly, in the computer science research area, the results of
the research can be freely distributed to others working in the field,
or even published as source code to illustrate the results.  This can
not be done with ``commercial'' operating systems.<p>

Some universities are utilizing Linux more and more to run their campus.
From a ``commercial'' standpoint, their needs are the same as many large
businesses. Students graduating from college will know about Linux, and
bring the word to their future employers.<p>

Finally, there is the computer hobbyist and software developer market. I
relate this market to the amateur radio market.  In the amateur radio
market the radio is often used to simply talk to other people, but at
the same time the users investigate new ways of using radio, and
improving it.  Many electrical engineers started out as amateur radio
users.  So it can be with Linux, since for the first time both the
prices of the hardware and the prices of the operating system source
code are within the reach of mortal people.<p>

In conclusion, I feel that Linux does have the items needed for several
types of ``commercial'' uses:

<itemize>
<item>stability and quality
<item>low variable costs for turnkey applications
<item>explosive growth in volume to attract ISVs
</itemize>

What Linux really needs is for the ``commercial'' community to understand
what is going on, and to embrace it where it will be useful.  This will
increase the volume numbers even more, which will attract more
applications.<p>

Along these lines I would like to ``advertise'' a joint effort of USENIX
and Linux International to happen in January of 1997 in Anaheim,
California of the United States. There will be a joint USENIX/Linux
development conference, and while a certain part of the Linux conference
will be oriented towards the development of the Linux operating system,
the bulk of the conference will be oriented towards application
developers and marketing people, to better understand the Linux
operating system and how to sell their applications and services into
the Linux market. We hope to show ISVs, VARs, resellers and distributors
how they can make money by selling their applications and services on
top of the Linux operating system.<p>

To join in this effort, please view
<htmlurl url = "http://www.usenix.org/linux.html"
name = "http://www.usenix.org/linux.html"> and
encourage your VARs, ISVs and resellers (or even yourself!!) to attend.
We call the conference "USELINUX", and we hope that we can prove to
people at that event that it is time to just USE LINUX.<p>

<sect1>Biography
<p>

Jon ``maddog'' Hall is a Senior Leader in the Digital Equipment
Corporation UNIX group.  He has been in the computer industry for
twenty-five years, UNIX for sixteen years and has guided the emergence
of six operating systems, including Alpha Linux.  He has an MS in
Computer Science.

<sect>USELINUX Conference
<p>

USELINUX: Linux Applications Development and Deployment Conference
January 6-10, 1997 - Anaheim Marriott Hotel, Anaheim, California
<p>
Co-located with the USENIX Annual Technical Conference
Co-sponsored by Linux International and the USENIX Association

<tscreen><verb>
========================================
Suggestions for Topics:  June 1, 1996
Submissions  Due :  Date:  July 1, 1996
Materials Due Date:  November 13, 1996
========================================
</verb></tscreen>

CONFERENCE CHAIR:  Michael K. Johnson, Linux Journal

<tscreen><verb>
TECHNICAL TRACK COMMITTEE:
Michael K. Johnson, Chair, Linux Journal
Mark Bolzern, WorkGroup Solutions
Alan Cox, 3Com Remote Access Products
Jon ``maddog'' Hall, Esq., Digital Equipment Corporation
Lorrie LeJeune, O'Reilly and Associates
Dr. Tom Miller, North Carolina State University
Erik Troan, Red Hat Software
Dr. Greg Wettstein, Roger Maris Cancer Center

BUSINESS TRACK COMMITTEE:
Jon ``maddog'' Hall, Esq.,  Chair, Digital Equipment Corporation
Jonathan Eunice, lluminata, Inc.
Michael K. Johnson, Editor, Linux Journal
Lorrie LeJeune, O'Reilly and Associates
Bryan Sparks, President , Caldera, Inc.
Paul Winbauer, Director of Technical Programs, Avnet Computing
Bob Young, President, Red Hat Software, Inc.

==============================================
Tutorials:  January 6-7, 1997
Technical Sessions:  January 8-9, 1997
Business Sessions:  January 10, 1997
Keynote:  Wednesday, January 8, 1997
Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions: January 7-9, 1997
Vendor Exhibits:  January 8-9, 1997
Reception: January 8, 1997
==============================================
</verb></tscreen>

<sect1>Overview
<p>

The Linux Applications Development and Deployment Conference
(USELINUX)  is aimed at three primary audiences: application
developers porting or developing Linux applications, systems
administrators charged with maintaining Linux systems, and business
people who wish to bring Linux applications to market.  Two
technical tracks on  January 8th and 9th will include separate
components for developers  and systems administrators. A business
track devoted to explaining the  dynamics of the Linux marketplace
and how to partake of it will  take place on January 10.<p>

In addition to the three days of presentations and discussions,
there will be two days of tutorials,  Birds-of-a-Feather sessions,
and Vendor Exhibits.

<sect1>Tutorials
<p>

We are actively seeking proposals for half or full day tutorials on
practical, technical aspects of using Linux.  If you would like to
present a tutorial, please contact the USENIX tutorial co-ordinator,
Daniel V. Klein.

<tscreen><verb>
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: <[e-mail]>
</verb></tscreen>

<sect1>Technical track topics
<p>

 The technical track will have three components:

<itemize>
<item>An application developers component  focusing  on topics helpful
in porting and developing Linux applications. These include things
like APIs, including both Linux's levels of compliance with
industry standard APIs and Linux-specific  APIs,  and capabilities
that give extra functionality and/or convenience.

<item>A system administrators component to  help sysadmins apply their
skills to Linux administration, and also demonstrate some of the
unique and useful features that can make their lives easier.

<item>A component for enthusiasts involved in developing the Linux
  operating system and environment.
</itemize>

<sect1>Business track topics
<p>

The business track program will focus on obstacles and challenges
in integrating Linux into a  business.  The target audience are
software application developers, hardware vendors, service
providers, large in-house application developers, and others who
would like to know how to make their business more successful using
Linux.  This  track  will concentrate on business issues such as:

<itemize>
<item>The Linux Market: Who, What, Where, When and Why?
<item>Application Portfolios: What is available, what can be done?
<item>Marketing to the Linux Marketplace
<item>Channels: Retail, Resellers, Distributors, Integrators, OEMs, Service
<item>Licenses and Licensing: I don't want to give away my application!!!
</itemize>

In addition to the meetings, there  will be  a compendium of
information on CD-ROM for conference attendees. This will include
copies of the slides, pointers to resources, white papers, lists of
current resellers, user groups, etc.

<sect1>How to submit a proposal
<p>

Suggestions for additional topics and areas where the topics can be
expanded are welcome by June 1, 1996.  The program committee will
then prioritize the topics and create the final list of topics by
July 1st.  The program committee will solicit volunteers to work on
the program, and will balance volunteers with program needs by that
time.<p>

An expanded electronic version of this announcement with greater
detail, as well as the Call for Papers for the USENIX Annual
Technical Conference, is available at the USENIX Web site at
<htmlurl url = "http://www.usenix.org"
name = "http://www.usenix.org">.<p>

Proposals for invited talks and panels should be received by July
1, 1996.  We welcome submissions of a full paper or an extended
abstract.  Panel proposals should  contain a list of names of
potential  panelists.  Please send submissions to the conference
program chairs  via one of the following methods.  All submissions
will be acknowledged.<p>

Please send comments, suggestions, and volunteering of time for a
particular area of expertise (including a small bio of your
experience) to the conference program chair via one of the
following methods. Email is greatly preferred.

<sect1>Preferred method
<p>

If you are submitting an idea for the technical track, send email
to
<htmlurl url = "mailto:[e-mail]" name = "[e-mail]">.<p>

For the business program,  send your ideas via email to
<htmlurl url = "mailto:[e-mail]" name = "[e-mail]">
with the subject line:
<tscreen><verb>
MADDOG, ANOTHER GREAT IDEA FOR THE *FABULOUS* USELINUX BUSINESS TRACK
</verb></tscreen>

<sect1>Alternative method
<p>

Via postal address or fax to:
<tscreen><verb>
Michael Johnson or Jon ``maddog'' Hall, Esq.
USENIX Association
2560 Ninth Street, Suite 215
Berkeley  CA  94710
Fax:  [phone]
</verb></tscreen>

<sect1>Vendor exhibits
<p>

Vendors will demonstrate their products in a relaxed environment
where attendees can discuss product features and services.<p>

Vendors are invited to participate in the Vendor Exhibits.  This is
an excellent opportunity to receive feedback from our technically
astute audience.  If your company would like to display its
products or services, please contact Cynthia Deno:
<tscreen><verb>
Phone:  [phone]
Email: <[e-mail]>
</verb></tscreen>

<sect1>Birds-Of-a-Feather sessions (BOFs)
<p>

BOFs are very informal, attendee-organized sessions held in the
evenings by attendees interested in a particular topic.  They may
be scheduled on-site or in advance by contacting the USENIX
Conference Office.  Send email to
<htmlurl url = "mailto:[e-mail]"
name = "[e-mail]"> or phone [phone].

<sect1>About the USENIX Association
<p>

USENIX is the UNIX and Advanced Computing Systems Technical and
Professional Association.  Since 1975 the USENIX Association has
brought together the community of engineers, system administrators,
scientists, and technicians working on the cutting edge of the
computing world.<p>

The USENIX Conferences have become the essential meeting grounds for
the presentation and discussion of the most advanced information on
new developments in all aspects of advanced computing systems.<p>

 The USENIX Association and its members are dedicated to:
<itemize>
 <item>problem-solving with a practical bias,
 <item>fostering innovation and research that works,
 <item>communicating rapidly the results of both research and innovation,
 <item>providing a neutral forum for the exercise of critical thought and
   the airing of technical issues.
</itemize>

SAGE, a Special Technical Group within the USENIX Association, is
dedicated to the recognition and advancement of system administration
as a profession.  To join SAGE, you must be a member of USENIX.

<sect1>About Linux International
<p>

Linux International was established to promote the development and use
of Linux.  The people at Linux International know how good Linux is and
want it to become an accepted competitor to products from even the largest
computer companies.  Among other things, it serves as a bridge between the
dedicated and skilled community of developers, and the general world of
commerce and industry.<p>

Linux International is a non-profit organization run by volunteers, many
of whom are high-profile Linux developers or activists.<p>

For more information, please visit Linux International's Web site at
<htmlurl url = "http://www.li.org"
name = "http://www.li.org"> or send mail to
<htmlurl url = "mailto:[e-mail]" name = "[e-mail]">.

<sect1>Registration information
<p>

The complete program will be available in September 1996.  To
receive a registration package,  please contact:

<tscreen><verb>
 USENIX Conference Office
 22672 Lambert Street, Suite 215
 Lake Forest, CA  92630
 Phone:  [phone]
 Fax:  [phone]
 URL:  http://www.usenix.org
 Email:  [e-mail]
</verb></tscreen>

Or you can send email to our mailserver at
<htmlurl url = "mailto:[e-mail]" name = "[e-mail]">.  Your
message should contain the line: ``send linux conferences'' and
the program will be sent to you.

<!--  BSD  #############################################
-->

<sect>Linux vs. other free Unix flavors
<p>

Why port to Linux and not to one of the free BSD
versions like 386BSD and its derivatives FreeBSD and
NetBSD (short: *BSD)?  Well, that depends on your
application.  If it was originally written for a
SystemV-based system as AIX, HP/UX or Solaris 2,
porting to Linux should be fairly easy.  *BSD
lacks certain SystemV features (such as the <tt/termio/
interface), and you'll have to carefully check the
amount of work necessary.  On the other hand, FreeBSD
and NetBSD are maintained by a closed developers' team
(as opposed to the open and sometimes chaotic and
anarchic Linux developers' community), and e.g. for
FreeBSD there is only one so-called distribution
available per <htmlurl url="ftp://freebsd.cdrom.com/"
name="FTP">.  You might want to mail <htmlurl
url="mailto:[e-mail]" name="[e-mail]"> or take a look
at <htmlurl url="http://www.cdrom.com/titles/freebsd.html"
name="http://www.cdrom.com/titles/freebsd.html">.
<p>
By the way, the <htmlurl
url="ftp://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/pub/doc/FAQ/comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.announce/"
name="FAQ for comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.announce">
concerning the *BSD flavors says (short excerpt):

<verb>
        5.  Where BSD and POSIX differ, 386BSD conforms by default to
        BSD; Linux to POSIX.  Furthermore, while both run mostly GNU
        utilities, Linux tends toward the SysV flavor (e.g. init)
        where 386BSD sticks with the BSD style.  However, sources for
        different flavors of utilities are available for both, and
        both support compiler options which allow more BSD or more
        POSIX semantics.
</verb>

And later it says:

<verb>
        1) the 386BSD family started with BSD, and Linux started with
        POSIX.  NetBSD/FreeBSD/386BSD have been adding POSIX and System
        V compatibility, and Linux has been adding Berkeley and System
        V compatibility.  So there's a good deal of overlap.  But ...BSD
        is still a better choice if you want to program in a Berkeley
        environment and Linux if you want a POSIX environment.
</verb>

<!--  Products  #############################################
-->

<sect>Product Groups

<p>
This list is divided into several product groups to
make finding a specific product more easy.

<!--  Databases  #############################################
-->


<sect1>Databases
<p>

<sect2>AccountFlex
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ AccountFlex is a powerfull full
featured accounting system that includes modules for
Order Entry, Inventory, Purchasing, A/R, A/P, G/L,
Payroll, and Jobcost.  Accountflex uses Infoflex, an
SQL based 4GL lanquage that is compatible with
Informix (see information in this HOWTO. hm).

<tag/Distribution Media:/ Diskette, Tape.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Source, runtime and unlimited
runtimes are available.  Demos and source are available
for Linux, UNIX, DOS, or VMS.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Character Based Screen images.

<tag/Documentation:/ Printed documentation.

<tag/Product Support:/ Phone support charged by time
usage.  Onsite training and custom programming
available.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ N/A

<tag/Available Since:/ October, 1994.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ USA.

<tag/Price Range:/ USD795 per module including source.

<tag/Installed Base:/ 11 (as of date of entry. hm)

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Infoflex Inc.
840 Hinckley Road, Suite 107
Burlingame, CA 94010, USA
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Contact: Gerard Menicucci
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ May 10, 1995.

</descrip>
<sect2>CONZEPT 16
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ CONZEPT 16 is a complete software
development system based on a relational database.  It
runs on different platforms and in heterogenous
networks. A version with graphical user interface is
available too. Client/Server technology
optional. CONZEPT 16 is a high performance system, for
which there are hardly limitations.

<tag/Distribution Media:/
Diskettes.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/
Copy-protected.

<tag/OS Provisions:/
Kernel version 1.1.26; RAM: at least 2 MByte,
recommended: 8 MByte, harddisk: about 3-4 MByte.


<tag/Documentation:/
German, english, training documentation and reference
(700 pages each), Online help.

<tag/Product Support:/
Available (prices on request).

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/
OEM-KIT, Recovery (prices on request).

<tag/Available Since:/ September 1, 1994.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ Worldwide.

<tag/Price Range:/ Upon request.

<tag/Installed Base:/ N/A

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
vectorsoft Gesellschaft fuer Datentechnik mbH
Seligenstaedter Grund 2
D-63150 Heusenstamm, Germany
Phone:    [phone]
Fax:    [phone]
Mailbox: +49 6104/5022
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ April 6, 1995.

</descrip>
<sect2>D-ISAM
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ Multikey B+ tree Isam File Handler.
Follows the C-ISAM (Informix) file structure and function calls.
Sold with Source.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ 5.25" and 3.5" Floppy disk.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Free distribution of the first
100 D-ISAM'd executables.  Royalties apply after that.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Independent.

<tag/Documentation:/ Documentation in english. Unix
Style manual.

<tag/Product Support:/ EMail, bbs, fax, telephone.
First 90 days free. US$450/year for ongoing.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ Transaction
Processing functions: US$295.00

<tag/Available Since:/ June 1994

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ UK, Germany, USA,
Canada (manufacturer).

<tag/Price Range:/ Single Programmer License with
Source: US$595, Transaction Processing Add-on:
US$295, Additional Programmers: US$100,
Runtime Licenses per 100: US$695 (after the
first 100), Unlimited Runtime: US$6950.  A free
D-ISAM for Linux library is available for development,
but not for commercial use, via FTP from
<htmlurl url="ftp://ftp.wimsey.com/pub/linux/d-isam"
name="ftp://ftp.wimsey.com/pub/linux/d-isam">.

<tag/Installed Base:/

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Byte Designs Ltd
20568 - 32 Avenue
Langley, BC V3A 4P5, Canada
Phone:  [phone]
Fax:    [phone]
Contact: Heinz Wittenbecher
E-mail: [e-mail]
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ September 8, 1994.

</descrip>


<sect2>Empress RDBMS
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ The port to Linux provides customers
a choice of two levels of product: A) full function
RDBMS B) single user Personal EMPRESS for Linux.  A)
EMPRESS RDBMS is a powerful application development
tool which provides heterogeneous distributed
processing capabilities.  Its features include data
manipulation options, integrity and recovery features,
portability, and unlimited storage capacity.  B)
Personal EMPRESS for Linux is a low-cost, single-user
version designed especially for the rapidly growing
Linux users community.  It includes Version 6.6 of the
EMPRESS RDBMS and 4GL application generator; SQL,
Dynamic SQL and host language C interface; and the
EMPRESS GUI Builder for Motif.  This product is
available via catalog through the ACC Bookstore.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ CD-ROM.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Linux kernel versions 1.0.8,
1.1.72 and 1.2.1.

<tag/Documentation:/ A) printed manuals. B) CD-ROM.

<tag/Product Support:/Technical support includes
software updates, telephone support, internet access to
Empress Technical notes, and a quarterly subscription
to the users' newsletter Empressions.  A) Full
technical support is provided with the full-function,
multi-user version (EMPRESS RDBMS).  B) Technical
support is available at an additional cost of USD1000
annually (Personal EMPRESS for Linux).

<tag/Linux Support:/ A) none. B) if purchased through
the ACC Bookstore, can be bundled with Red Hat Linux
support.

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ EMPRESS RDBMS options
include the   EMPRESS ODBC  Interface for  allowing  PC
applications  to    access EMPRESS   databases.   Other
features and   functions   include shared  library  and
memory, and math library functions.

<tag/Available Since:/ May 1, 1995.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ Empress products are
available worldwide through our network of sales
offices and distribution partners, as well as through
the ACC Bookstore.  For specific information please
contact Empress International Operations: tel +1 (905)
513-8888, fax [phone].

<tag/Price Range:/ A) Please contact vendor for pricing
of EMPRESS RDBMS.  B) Personal EMPRESS for Linux is
available at a cost of USD80 in U.S. and Canada, and
USD120 elsewhere.  This includes tax and shipping.

<tag/Installed Base:/ A) 10 copies. B) 250 copies.

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
A)
Empress Software Inc.
6401 Golden Triangle Drive
Greenbelt, MD 20770, USA
Phone:     [phone]
Fax:     [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Contact: Jim Sweeney

B)
ACC Bookstore
Phone:    [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Contact: Bob Young
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ June 14, 1996.

</descrip>
<sect2>ESQLFlex
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ ESQLFlex is a low cost clone of the
Informix-ESQL/C and Informix standard Engine products.
ESQLFlex will allow developers to completely replace
Informix-ESQL and Informix standard engine without
having to modify their existing application.  ESQLFlex
enables developers to build, modify, and/or query
databases using standard SQL calls from within "C"
programs.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ Diskette, Tape

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Source, runtime and unlimited
runtimes are available.  Demos and source are available
for Linux, UNIX, DOS, or VMS.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Character Based Screen images.

<tag/Documentation:/ Printed documentation.

<tag/Product Support:/Phone support charged by time
usage.  Onsite training and custom programming
available.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ N/A

<tag/Available Since:/ October, 1994.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ USA, Spain, France, Germany.

<tag/Price Range:/ US $ 495.

<tag/Installed Base:/ 35 (as of date of entry. hm).

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Infoflex Inc.
840 Hinckley Road, Suite 107
Burlingame, CA 94010, USA
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Contact: Gerard Menicucci
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ May 10, 1995.

</descrip>

<sect2>InfoFlex
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/
InfoFlex is a complete 4GL that streamlines the design process
with a consistent WYSIWYG approach to developing menus, screens and reports.
Infoflex is compatable with the Informix database and is similar in syntax.
Demos, source, and unlimited licenses are available for UNIX, DOS, or VMS.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ Diskette, Tape.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Source, runtime and unlimited runtimes are available.
Demos and source are available for Linux, UNIX, DOS, or VMS.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Character Based Screen images.

<tag/Documentation:/ Printed documentation.

<tag/Product Support:/Phone support charged by time
usage.  Onsite training and custom programming available.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ N/A

<tag/Available Since:/ October, 1994.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ USA, Spain, France, Germany.

<tag/Price Range:/ US $ 995.

<tag/Installed Base:/ 18 (as of date of entry. hm).

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Infoflex Inc.
840 Hinckley Road, Suite 107
Burlingame, CA 94010, USA
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Contact: Gerard Menicucci
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ May 10, 1995.

</descrip>

<sect2>Just Logic/SQL Database Manager
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ The Just Logic/SQL Database Manager
is a relational database system made to be used from C
and C++ applications. It includes a complete set of
libraries, utilities and a database engine. It comes
with three programming interfaces: a C API interface, a
C++ Class definitions and a C Precompiler. The
client-server version permits Windows and Unix
applications to access a remote server on Unix across
TCP/IP.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ Diskettes.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Unlimited runtime licence of
applications.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ SLS 1.0, 400K RAM, plus 100K per
user, and 1.2 Meg Hard Disk, plus 1 Meg for
client-server.

<tag/Documentation:/ User manual (175 pages).

<tag/Product Support:/ Phone, EMail, fax.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ Fully compatibles
versions on SCO, BSDI, UnixWare, FreeBSD, DOS, Windows
and OS/2.

<tag/Available Since:/ August, 1994.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ Sold to all
countries. Distributors in US and Germany.

<tag/Price Range:/ The Linux release is priced at
USD149 (USD219 with client-server).

<tag/Installed Base:/ 250 (Linux release).

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Just Logic Technologies Inc.
P.O. Box 63050
40 Commerce St.
Nun's Island, Quebec H3E 1V6, Canada
Phone: [phone] (toll free USA and Canada)
       [phone]
Fax: [phone] (has voice-fax autodetection)
E-mail: [e-mail]
WWW: http://www.pht.com/justlogic
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ September 08, 1994.

</descrip>

<sect2>POET 2.1
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ POET 2.1 ODBMS for C++. Database
functionality for C++ objects.  Full support of
encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism and
objectidentity. Two versions available : Personal
Edition (Single/User 1 Developer) Professional Edition
(Client/Server up to 4 Developer).

<tag/Distribution Media:/ Diskettes.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ SDK license from US$ 99.
Runtime Licenses for commercial Products and for Public
Domain or Share Products available.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Kernel version > 1.0; SDK needs 4
MBytes on harddisk.

<tag/Documentation:/ Handbook and tutorial (450+ pages).

<tag/Product Support:/ Hotline support, training please
contact vendor.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ N/A

<tag/Available Since:/ March, 1994.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ Many; please contact
vendor.

<tag/Price Range:/ Personal Edition US$ 99 / DM
170. Professional Edition US$ 1990 / DM 3.990
(includes 1 year hotline support).

<tag/Installed Base:/ 234 copies as of July 1994

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
POET Software GmbH
Fossredder 12
D-22359 Hamburg, Germany
Phone:  [phone]
Fax:    [phone]
E-Mail: [e-mail]
Contact: Detlef Meyer
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ September 19, 1994.

</descrip>

<sect2>/rdb
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/
/rdb is a RDBMS consisting of more than 125 shell level
commands which read tables from the standard input and write
tables to the standard output.  Applications are typically
written in shell scripts, mixing /rdb commands with
ordinary system commands. A runtime library is also included.

<tag/Distribution Media:/
3.5" diskettes.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/
/rdb is licensed by the CPU.  Time stamped licenses are
available to allow for hardware upgrades.  An example of
a full-text search using /rdb can be found at the
Melody Shop at
<htmlurl url = "http://www.branch.com/~rsw"
name = "http://www.branch.com/~rsw">.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Kernel version 0.99.12 or later;
consumes about 3MB storage.

<tag/Documentation:/
230 page manual, both printed and on line.  Some on-line
help.  Informational and error message tables provided
for translation.

<tag/Product Support:/
Free EMail support; maintenance costs 10% of license fee/year.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ N/A

<tag/Available Since:/ October, 1993.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/
US, Canada, South America, Australia, Germany, France,
Ireland, Great Britain.

<tag/Price Range:/
USD149 qty 1 / CPU.

<tag/Installed Base:/
101+

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Revolutionary Software
131 Rathburn Way
Santa Cruz, CA 95062-1035
Phone:    [phone]
Fax:    [phone]
E-mail:    [e-mail]
Contact: Evan Schaffer
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ April 7, 1995.

</descrip>


<sect2> Veritas
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ Veritas is a system for German
drinks wholesalers ("Getränkegrosshändler"). It's based
on Onyx which is my 4gl and database project, which of
course stays under the <htmlurl
url="ftp://ftp.ix.de/pub/Linux/COPYING-2.0" name="GNU
Public License 2.0">.
<p>
The first version of Veritas was developed for PCOS
Olivetti in 1992, later Xenix versions followed. The
recent 3rd release features twelve years of experience
with this kind of market, so you can expect to have
nearly anything a drinks wholesaler needs, e.g. Pfand,
Sektsteuer, Brauereiabrechung, Bruchvergütung, etc.
<p>
Several servers can be linked via SLIP or UUCP and
replicate transactions to share data. Clients are connected
via ethernet to a local server and can run MS Windows or
better Linux.

<tag/Distribution Media:/Directly installed on the
customer's hardware. Plus a Tape containing (I hope) all
of the GNU'ish sources including Onyx and a bunch of
different databases.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Veritas is licensed according
to a <htmlurl url="http://www.suse.de/gpl-ger.html"
name = "German translation of the GNU Public License
2.0">, restricted in a way that any changes made must
be mailed to the author, and that any customer
must know that I'm the author and give support.

Although the licence is very much like the GPL, I
really recommend to purchase a copy if you prefer to
get support.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Linux 1.0.9 (MCC), XFree86 2.1.
Servers: 8-16 MB RAM, 200-500 MB harddisk, tape, modem.
Clients: 8 MB RAM, 40 MB harddisk.

<tag/Documentation:/ About 41 pages printed for Veritas
in German, and about 43 pages online documentation for
Onyx in English.

<tag/Product Support:/ Retail price includes one week of
training, and one year first class support over modem
lines and D2 phone directly from the author. If you are
interested in Onyx support, contact the author directly.

<tag/Linux Support:/ Support for the installed sites is
included in the installation price for one year.

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ N/A

<tag/Available Since:/ The 3rd version of veritas is
now in BETA in Bremerhaven.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ Only distributed in
Germany because of the user interface language and a lot of
German tax related features.

If sold outside the northern part of Germany we need a
VAR able to handle Linux, and sell and install the
right hardware for a share.

<tag/Price Range:/ Between 10,000 and 20,000 DM without
hardware which depends on the number of servers and
additional tayloring.

<tag/Installed Base:/

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Michael Koehne
Loss Datensysteme
Bremerstr. 117
D-28816 Brinkum, Germany
Phone: [phone]
V32bis: +49 (0)421/87 05 32
Fax: [phone]
E-Mail: [e-mail] (company)
        [e-mail] (private)
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ September 08, 1994.

</descrip>


<sect2>Yard SQL
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ The YARD company offers 5 SQL
products as follows:
<itemize>
<item>YARD-SQL -- Relational SQL database server with
compliance to X/Open XPG4 and ANSI SQL 92
<item>YARD-ESQLC -- Embedded SQL for C.
<item>YARD-ODBC -- ODBC interface for MS Windows clients
<item>YARD-NET -- Remote access to YARD databases via
TCP/IP.
<item>YARD-X -- Motif client for database access
(No development tool)
</itemize>

<tag/Distribution Media:/ Floppy disk and streamer tapes

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ License number and activation
key for each product and installation with user
dependent licenses for the SQL-Server.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ LINUX 1.0.9 and upwards compatible
versions; Motif 1.2.3; RAM Usage: 1 MByte (minimum) for
Shared Memory, 500 KByte per User; Disk Usage: YARD-SQL
7 MByte, YARD-ESQLC 1 MByte, YARD-ODBC 1,5 MByte,
YARD-NET 1 MByte, YARD-X 5 MByte.

<tag/Documentation:/ Printed 600 pages reference and
users guide in German. English documentation will be
available early 1995.

<tag/Product Support:/ Release Update, Price 25%
Version Update, Price 50% Technical support
according to a special maintenance agreement
(20% of total pricing).  Training on request.

<tag/Linux Support:/ None.

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ All products also
available for other widely distributed Unix systems
(e.g. SCO UNIX, SPARC Solaris).

<tag/Available Since:/ January, 1994.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ Current distribution
in Germany through Distributor Ordix Software
(<htmlurl url = "mailto:[e-mail]" name = "[e-mail]">), Paderborn,
Germany.  Europeean/international distribution scheduled for early 1995.

<tag/Price Range:/
YARD-SQL     590,00 (1 user) - 8.490,00 DEM (unlimited user)
YARD-ESQLC    390,00 DEM
YARD-ODBC    490,00 DEM
YARD-NET    490,00 DEM
YARD-X        990,00 DEM

<tag/Installed Base:/

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
YARD Software GmbH
Hansestr. 99
D-51149 Koeln, Germany
Phone:  [phone]
Fax:    [phone]
E-Mail: [e-mail]
Contact: Thomas Schonhoven ([e-mail])
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ September 24, 1994.

</descrip>


<!--  Data Vis.  #############################################
-->

<sect1>Data Visualisation, CAD

<p>
CAD tools, renderers, OCR software, etc.

<sect2>Ghostscript 3.x
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ Aladdin Ghostscript 3.n is a full
PostScript Level 2 language interpreter.  It can
display PostScript files on the screen with X Windows,
convert them to various raster formats (TIFF/F, GIF,
PCX, PPM), and print them on many non-PostScript
printers, such as the H-P inkjet and laser printers.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ PC diskettes only, normally
compressed with <em/tar/ + <em/gzip/. A shareware
version is available via FTP from
<htmlurl url = "ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/pub/ghost/aladdin"
name = "tp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/pub/ghost/aladdin">
for non-commercial use only.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Redistribution in
non-commercial contexts (i.e., if no money changes
hands in connection with the distribution) is allowed
without license.  Any commercial distribution of any
kind requires a commercial license, with a negotiated
license fee.  If you are a commercial organization and
intend to distribute Aladdin Ghostscript in a manner
for which you believe you don't need a license, please
check with us: "in connection with" is only a shorthand
for the terms of the actual non-commercial license.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Will run on any Linux version.
Will display on any X11R4 or R5 compatible window
system.

<tag/Documentation:/ English, probably about 30 pages.
On-line only (no printed doc).  No on-line help.

<tag/Product Support:/ No training available.
Maintenance (bug fixing) and updates are available with
commercial licenses and unavailable otherwise.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ We offer
commercial-quality sets of the 35 standard PostScript
fonts at a price of $10 to end users and a much
lower price to commercial licensees.

<tag/Available Since:/ August 1994.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ We distribute
worldwide.  Our only current overseas distributor is in
Germany.

<tag/Price Range:/ We will ship diskettes to end-users
for a charge of $58 to cover service and
materials costs.  There is an additional charge for
$50 for a custom configuration and of $20
(domestic) or $30 (international) for next-day
mail.  Commercial licensing prices are negotiated, and
vary considerably.

<tag/Installed Base:/ (L. Peter Deutsch estimates the
number of users of the commercial version under Linux
at about 12,000, as of Sep 23, 1994.)

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Aladdin Enterprises
203 Santa Margarita Ave.
Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
Phone:  [phone]
Fax:    [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ Aug 26, 1994

</descrip>



<sect2>IDL
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ IDL is the pioneering software for
data analysis, visualization, and application
development. IDL's features include flexible I/O, 2D
plotting, 3D graphics, volume rendering, image
processing, mathematics, statistics, a cross-platform
GUI toolkit, plus a high-level, array-oriented
programming language. Use IDL for visual data analysis,
rapid prototyping, or application development.  IDL
programs are portable across Linux, Windows 3.1,
Windows 95, Windows NT, Mac, PowerMac, UNIX and VMS.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ CD-ROM and <url
url="ftp://ftp.rsinc.com" name="anonymous
FTP">.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Free demo CD-ROM available or download via ftp.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ IDL supports linux kernel version
1.2.8 dynamically linked using Slackware 2.3.
Statically linked version also included for use with
Linux versions less than 1.2.8.  16 meg RAM minimum
recommended.  50 meg disk space.

<tag/Documentation:/ 1600+ pages of documentation on
paper and hypertext on-line help.

<tag/Product Support:/Customer support service,
maintenance/update service, training and consulting are
available.  In addition, a usenet <url
url="news:comp.lang.idl-pvwave" name="newsgroup"> is
devoted to IDL.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/HDF support,
animation, volume slicer, high resolution mapping
built-in.

<tag/Available Since:/ September 1995

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ (many; ask vendor).

<tag/Price Range:/ contact vendor/distributor

<tag/Installed Base:/ N/A

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Research Systems, Inc.
2995 Wilderness Place
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Phone:    [phone]
Fax:     [phone]
Email:    [e-mail]

Distributor for Central Europe:

CREASO GmbH
Phone:    [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ September 14, 1995

</descrip>

<sect2>MRJ Symbolic OCR
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ MRJ SOCR (Symbolic OCR) (TM) is an
OCR program for Japanese text.  SOCR reads TIFF files
and recognizes Japanese text in scanned images.  Output
formats include PC, Mac, and Unix formats with Unicode,
Shift-JIS, JIS, and EUC encodings.  Also available for
Sun OS.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ 3.5" Floppy Disks.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ One SOCR license per workstation.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Operating System: Linux 1.x,
Window System: Motif run time library required,
System RAM: 16 MB, Hard Disk: 6 MB.

<tag/Documentation:/ Installation Guide and User
Manual.  All documentation is in English.

<tag/Product Support:/ Technical support available via
telephone, EMail, and FAX.

<tag/Linux Support:/ The Linux version of SOCR is fully
supported.  See Product Support.

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ Contact MRJ for
information on OEM and software developer versions of
SOCR.

<tag/Available Since:/ August 1994

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ Distribution from
U.S.  Available for export.

<tag/Price Range:/ Special Introductory Offer --
$895 through 30 September 1994.

<tag/Installed Base:/

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
MRJ, Inc.
10455 White Granite Drive
Oakton, VA 22124, USA
Phone:  [phone]
Fax:    [phone]
E-Mail: [e-mail]
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ Sep 08,1994

</descrip>


<sect2>SISCAD-P 1.3-3
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ SISCAD-P is a 2D-CAD system that
gives engineers a production implementation of new
design technologies - parametrics, variational
geometry, inference sketching, a fully customizable
user interface, constraint-based modeling and
feature-based modeling. Today there is only a German
version of SISCAD-P available. Unfortunately we can not
yet provide a SISCAD-P version in any foreign language
but we are already working on an English version. The
release date for this version is not certain yet.


<tag/Distribution Media:/ available via <htmlurl url =
"ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/xapps/graphics/draw/siscadp1.3-3.tar.gz"
name = "FTP">.  On diskette and CD-ROM available from
several Linux distributors.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ SISCAD-P is running on several
Unix workstations and is available as shareware for
Linux. The shareware version is a FULL featured package
which is restricted to at maximum 10 parts with each
2000 objects. It is provided at no charge to the user
for evaluation. With this concept, the user can test
all features of SISCAD-P and has a chance to try before
buying it.  After a reasonable trial period, the user
must make a registration payment and will receive a
license code which will disable all limitations.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ X Windows running under Linux. 8
MByte of memory minimum, 16 MByte or more recommended.
Slackware Linux 0.19pl14 or newer. Fvwm or Mwm window
manager recommended.

<tag/Documentation:/ Online help and several documents
in PostScript, DVI and ASCII format.

<tag/Product Support:/ Product support for registered
users via EMail, fax and BBS.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ N/A

<tag/Available Since:/ February, 1994.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ Germany (worldwide
via FTP).

<tag/Price Range:/ DM 399 commercial users;
DM 49 students version.

<tag/Installed Base:/ 20 registered users as per Sep 22, 1994.

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Staedtler Mars GmbH & Co
Geschaeftsbereich Informationssysteme - SIS
Moosaeckerstrasse 3
D-90427 Nuernberg, Germany
Phone: [phone]
Fax:   [phone]
BBS:   +49 (0)911/3080-609, login: info, password: gast
E-Mail: [e-mail]
Contact: Helmrich Streitmatter
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ September 19, 1994.

</descrip>


<sect2>TecPlot 6.0
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ Tecplot is a plotting program for
visualizing and analyzing engineering and scientific
data.  The standard version includes XY, 2D and
3D-surface plotting.  An optional extension (called
3DV) adds the capability to visualize 3D volumetric
data.  With Tecplot you don't have to write a program,
just input your data and start visualizing immediately.
(for more information consult vendor. hm)

<tag/Distribution Media:/ 3.5-inch floppies, 150MB-QIC,
4mm DAT, 8mm tape, (CD-ROM available November 1994)

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Single-computer license
(node-locked) Evaluation copies are available.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ 4 MByte is minimum RAM, required
hard disk space is 20 MByte.

<tag/Documentation:/  Printed Users Manual 512 pages,
partial online help info. English.

<tag/Product Support:/ Update and technical support
included with license for first three months and
available for extra charge after that.  Training
classes are available; price is negotiable.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ 3DV is an optional
package of volumetric features available for an
additional $300 USD.

<tag/Available Since:/ August 1993

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ (many, please
consult vendor. For Germany, see below. hm)

<tag/Price Range:/ USD 995 to USD 1395 per
Node-locked License

<tag/Installed Base:/

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Amtec Engineering, Inc
PO Box 3633
Bellevue, WA 98009-3633, USA
Phone:  [phone] (800-676-7568 in US/Canada)
Fax:    [phone]
E-Mail: [e-mail]
Contact: Tom Chan

For Germany:
GENIAS Software GmbH
Erzgebirgstr. 2
D-93073 Neutraubling, Germany
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Contact: Johannes Grawe
E-mail: [e-mail]
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ May 15, 1995.

</descrip>


<sect2>XVScan
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ Image scanning and manipulation software for HP ScanJet
scanners.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ FTP or EMail preferred.  4mm DDS2 DAT tape or
floppies (additional $US15 in US, $25 international).

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ XVScan is based on XV and is not available in demo
version due to licensing restrictions.  Source is available.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Linux, tested with 1.2.x and 1.3.x, requires a recent
generic SCSI driver support to be built in (no earlier than 1.1.79).  Motif
is not required.  Any XFree version (X11R5, X11R6).

<tag/Documentation:/ Online, <htmlurl url = "http://www.tummy.com/xvscan"
name = "WWW">, English.

<tag/Product Support:/ Updates free for first year.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ Available for HP-UX and FreeBSD.

<tag/Available Since:/ May, 1995.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ Worldwide.

<tag/Price Range:/ $US50 for FTP or EMail shipping.  Additional US
$15 for media in the United States, US $25, internationally.
Mastercard, Visa and Discover Credit Cards accepted.

<tag/Installed Base:/

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
tummy.com, ltd.
#807 300 S 16th Street
Omaha, NE 68102
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Contact: Sean Reifschneider ([e-mail]) or Evelyn
    Mitchell ([e-mail])
EMail: [e-mail]
WWW: http://www.tummy.com/xvscan
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ June 14, 1996.

</descrip>


<!--  Development  #############################################
-->

<sect1>Development tools

<p>
Compilers, development environments and so on.



<sect2>Amzi! Prolog & Logic Server
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ Full-featured, Edinburgh-standard (no data typing) system
for embedding Prolog rule-based modules in C/C++ and other languages.
Includes: compiler, listener, debugger, linker, EXE generator, and
call-in/call-out Logic Server API.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ 3.5" diskettes.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ The Professional Edition includes an unlimited,
royalty-free license.  The Personal Edition is limited to distributing
applications for non-commercial use only.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ About 250kb RAM for typical small application, 3-4mb
disk.

<tag/Documentation:/ Printed 250pp manual.  Various technotes on disk.

<tag/Product Support:/ Subscription Plus service provides automatic updates
for a full year, $150.  Custom development services available.

<tag/Linux Support:/ No Linux system included.  For Amzi! software, free
tech support for registered users by phone, fax and e-mail.

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/

<tag/Available Since:/ November 3, 1995.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ Anywhere.

<tag/Price Range:/ Personal, $98.  Professional, $298.

<tag/Installed Base:/ New Linux version.  Existing Windows/DOS version has
been in use since 1986.

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Amzi! inc.
40 Samuel Prescott Drive
Stow, MA 01775
USA
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Contact: Mary Kroening
E-mail: [e-mail]
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ June 13, 1996.

</descrip>

<sect2>Basmark QuickBASIC
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ The Basmark QuickBASIC Compiler is a
multi-user IBM-PC BASICA, MBASIC and Microsoft
QuickBASIC Compiler designed to provide performance and
consistency across a variety of machines (e.g.
i386 and i486, Pentium, SPARC, RS/6000, HP PA-Risc) under
Unix, AIX, SunOS, Linux, HP-UX, Xenix.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ 3.5" diskette

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Per machine, no run-time
restrictions.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ GNU GAS and LD must be installed.

<tag/Documentation:/ 400+ page manual, release and
installation notes.

<tag/Product Support:/ Updates available for
$39.00 less shipping.  Maintenance contracts
available.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ C-ISAM (Informix
Inc.) Interface in C source code form.  Cost $35.00.

<tag/Available Since:/ December 1993

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ to purchase from
manufacturer directly.

<tag/Price Range:/ $195.00 (less shipping)

<tag/Installed Base:/

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Basmark Corporation
P.O. Box 40450
Cleveland, OH 44140, USA
Phone:  [phone]
Fax:    [phone]
E-Mail: [e-mail]  (for orders)
Contact: Joseph O'Toole (for orders)
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ Sep 23, 1994

</descrip>


<sect2>Clickables
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ Clickables are CGI exectuables - easy to customize and
easy to install.  Available as single programs or total toolkit.  Adding new
modules weekly.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ Download from
<htmlurl url = "http://www.catch22.com/clickables" name = "Internet Website">

<tag/Licensing Policy:/

<tag/OS Provisions:/

<tag/Documentation:/ Online: HTML page with demo, downloadable text version.

<tag/Product Support:/ Update service, online, phone.

<tag/Linux Support:/

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ Will develop custom applications or
customize current modules.

<tag/Available Since:/ December 15, 1995.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ Worldwide through the Internet.

<tag/Price Range:/ Single modules as low as US $15, total toolkit
is $95.

<tag/Installed Base:/

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Clickable Software
26 Medway, Suite 13
San Rafael, CA 94901
USA
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone] Fax
Contact:
EMail: [e-mail]
WWW: http://www.catch22.com/clickables
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ June 14, 1996.

</descrip>


<sect2>CODINE
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ CODINE Job Management System -- A
Job-Queueing System that allows optimal utilization of
a heterogeneous workstation cluster. The system
features static and dynamic loadbalancing,
checkpointing, support for parallel programs etc. It is
available for SUN, HP, IBM, SGI, CRAY, CONVEC, DEC and
LINUX

<tag/Distribution Media:/ QIC tape, DAT tape, ftp

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ free demo available at <htmlurl
url="ftp://129.69.18.15/pub/info/producer/genias/codine"
name="ftp://129.69.18.15/pub/info/producer/genias/codine">

<tag/OS Provisions:/ The GUI requires Motif, however
the GUI is not necessary to use the system.  A command
line interface is available.  RAM: 1,5 MB for the
master daemon; HD: some Megs.

<tag/Documentation:/ Manual in English available (also
via ftp in PS format)

<tag/Product Support:/GENIAS offers training and
support for the CODINE system. Please ask for prices.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ N/A

<tag/Available Since:/ 1994

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ Switzerland, Sweden,
Taiwan, USA, Italy

<tag/Price Range:/ N/A

<tag/Installed Base:/ some 20. LINUX PC's are mostly
only add-ons to a larger cluster.

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
GENIAS Software GmbH
Erzgebirgstr. 2
D-93073 Neutraubling, Germany
Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Contact: Johannes Grawe
E-mail: [e-mail]
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ May 10, 1995

</descrip>

<sect2>Distributed Interface Object Server System (DIOSS)
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ DIOSS is a high-level C Language API
to an RPC based daemon that provides Motif 2.0
interfaces.  It includes an Interface Builder Tool
(DiossLive) and a Distributed Database Daemon.  All
daemons are freely distributed.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ CD/ROM and Internet Download
(with license password).

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Free demo at via FTP from
<htmlurl url = "ftp://in-tech.in-tech.com"
name = "ftp://in-tech.in-tech.com">.  Linux Personal Edition - can
only be used for freeware or shareware.  Linux
Corporate Edition - can be used for full commercial
development.

<tag/OS Provisions:/Linux 1.2.7 and greater.  Requires
Portmapper.  SunOS and Solaris versions available.

<tag/Documentation:/ English language documentation
English language on-line (Home Page) code and configuration
examples.

<tag/Product Support:/ 1 year free maintenance upgrades
(with license password). Free Home Page FAQ support free.
Email support. All DIOSS servers are freely
distributable.

<tag/Linux Support:/ we will offer a Home Page Linux
(and SunOS and Solaris) system configuration and setup
FAQ - in development) wee supply a link to the Linux
Portmapper source

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ DiossWebDB - a set of
CGI programs that allow HTML browsers to make SQL
queries against our database daemon: USD49 Linux, USD500
SunOS and Solaris.  The Database daemon is free.

<tag/Available Since:/ DIOSS has been available since August 1, 1995.&nl;
DiossWebDB is available Sept. 1, 1995.&nl;

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ We target USA, Europe, and Asia.

<tag/Price Range:/ DIOSS:  Linux Personal Edition
(USD249 - Introductory: USD99 till November).
Linux Corporate Edition (USD995).
SunOS and Solaris (USD2495).
DiossWebDB:  Linux (USD49).
SunOS or Solaris (USD495).

<tag/Installed Base:/ N/A

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
DIOSS Corp.
5205 Leesburg Pike 1200
Falls Church, VA 22041, USA
Phone:     [phone] (U.S. and Canada: 1 [phone])
Fax:     [phone]
Email:     [e-mail]
Contact person: Tom ONeil
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ September 14, 1995

</descrip>

<sect2>Discussion
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ C++ CGI with back end database supporting threaded
discussions.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ FTP and WWW download.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Free for educational and charitable nonprofit use.
Demo version available off of our web pages at
<htmlurl url = "http://www.pennant.com/aex" name = "http://www.pennant.com/aex">.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Available currently in a.out format, has run on kernels
from 1.1.58 onwards.

<tag/Documentation:/ Online help available.

<tag/Product Support:/ Currently in beta.  Web based technical support
discussion available.  Buyers of the various betas updated at no charge to
final release version (1.x).

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ N/A

<tag/Available Since:/ Novemeber 14, 1995.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ Demo has been downloaded all over the
world.

<tag/Price Range:/ $50.00 for one discussion system. $20.00 per
additional discussion (Linux pricing only).

<tag/Installed Base:/ N/A

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Pennant Media
1411 Lincolnshire Dr.
Champaign, IL 61821
Phone: [phone]
Fax:
Contact: Nick Nafpliotis
EMail: [e-mail]
WWW: http://www.pennant.com/aex
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ June 14, 1996.

</descrip>


<sect2>EZ Clone
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ Software for programming handheld and mobile amateur radios.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ Diskette.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Plain Linux.

<tag/Documentation:/ Printed reference manual.

<tag/Product Support:/ Free updates for a full year.

<tag/Linux Support:/

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/

<tag/Available Since:/ January 1996.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ Worldwide shipping from the US.

<tag/Price Range:/ $40.00 USD.

<tag/Installed Base:/

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
acsys
120 Longview Drive
Los Alamos NM  87544
USA
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Contact:
EMail: [e-mail]
WWW: http://www.acsys.com
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ June 14, 1996.

</descrip>


<sect2>Dynace
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ Dynace (pronounced like ``dynasty'' without the ``t'') is a
preprocessor, include files and a library which extends the C language
with advanced object oriented capabilities, automatic garbage
collection and multiple threads.  Dynace is designed to solve many of
the problems associated with C++ while being easier to learn and
containing more flexable object oriented facilities.  Dynace is able
to add facilities previously only available in languages such as
Smalltalk and CLOS without all the overhead normally associated with
those environments.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ 3.5" diskettes

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ One license per programmer;
Applications are royalty-free Info and DEMO on <htmlurl
url="http://www.everest.com/algorithms"
name="http://www.everest.com/algorithms"> or
<htmlurl
url="ftp://ftp.everest.com/pub/dynace"
name="ftp://ftp.everest.com/pub/dynace">.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ N/A

<tag/Documentation:/ 310 pages printed

<tag/Product Support:/ N/A

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ Complete Windows development system

<tag/Available Since:/ December 1993

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ N/A

<tag/Price Range:/ Developer Edition (manual, libs &
executables, some source): USD249; Source Edition
(includes full source): USD599

<tag/Installed Base:/

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Algorithms Corporation
3020 Liberty Hills Drive
Franklin, TN 37064, USA
Phone: [phone] or [phone]
Fax:   [phone]
Contact: Blake McBride
E-mail: [e-mail]
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ June 9, 1995

</descrip>
<sect2>Eiffel-S
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ Eiffel Compiler for Linux.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ CD-ROM, diskettes or FTP.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Version 1.3 Shareware, available from the
<htmlurl url = "ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux" name = "Sunsite FTP archive">.
Version 2.0 commercial product.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ At least 8 MByte RAM and GCC 2.6.3 necessary.

<tag/Documentation:/ Included into delivery as ASCII text.  Printed
documentation available for extra fee.

<tag/Product Support:/ Available for the commercial version (between 300 DM
and 1500 DM; dependent on license type)  Training for Eiffel - 3 Days, 1680 DM.

<tag/Linux Support:/

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/

<tag/Available Since:/ 1993.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/

<tag/Price Range:/ Shareware registration is 80 DM.  Actual version 2.0:
personal license 345 DM, commercial license 790 DM.

<tag/Installed Base:/ 100.

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
SIG Computer GmbH
D 35619 Braunfels
Germany
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Contact:
EMail: [e-mail]
WWW: http://www.wwww.com/sig
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ June 14, 1996.

</descrip>


<sect2>Finesse
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ OSF/Motif GUI for shell scripts.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ Free full featured developer
version available via FTP from
<htmlurl
url="ftp://ftp.science-computing.uni-tuebingen.de/pub/finesse-light/"
name = "ftp://ftp.science-computing.uni-tuebingen.de/pub/finesse-light">
or floppy.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Finesse is a fully commercial
product for other Unixes where nodelocked licenses are
possible. The Linux version is freely available via FTP from
<htmlurl
url="ftp://ftp.science-computing.uni-tuebingen.de/pub/finesse-light/"
name = "ftp://ftp.science-computing.uni-tuebingen.de/pub/finesse-light/">.
On Floppy medium: DM 90.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Kernel 1.2, Motif-1.2.4, XFree86-2.1.1 libs, 16 MB RAM min

<tag/Documentation:/ Postscript File.

<tag/Product Support:/No support for free version.

<tag/Linux Support:/ No support for free version.

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ Not appropriate

<tag/Available Since:/ Linux Version since May 1995.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ World.

<tag/Price Range:/ Free Demo. Commercial version with support on request.

<tag/Installed Base:/ N/A

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
science + computing GmbH
Hagellocher Weg 71
D-72070 Tuebingen, Germany
Phone:  [phone]
Fax:    [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
WWW:     http://www.science-computing.uni-tuebingen.de/
Contact: Olaf Flebbe
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ August 15,1995

</descrip>

<sect2>Flagship
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ CA-Clipper5, Fox, dBase & beyond for
Unix.  XBase 4GL applications development system &
database.  Superset of CA-Clipper. Can be used to port.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ 3 3.5" Diskettes, other media extra charge.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ No royalty or licensing for
software you create and distribute. For more
information available via FTP from
<htmlurl url="ftp://ftp.wgs.com/pub2/wgs/Filelist"
name = "ftp://ftp.wgs.com/pub2/wgs/Filelist">.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Linux 0.99 and later, has been
tested on many. Requires C compiler, libraries and
linker.  Make and other utilities useful.  4 MByte RAM
& 5 MByte Hard disk needed to run.  More is better.

<tag/Documentation:/ 1200 page printed manual extra
charge, same manual online is shipped as part of the
product.

<tag/Product Support:/ Support via phone, email, fax
(email preferred), unlimited for 30 days, chargable
thereafter.  Maintenance agreements including discounts
on upgrades are available.  All of this is country
dependent.

<tag/Linux Support:/ Country Dependent

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ FS2 Toolbox, FoxKit,
and others.  Country dependent.

<tag/Available Since:/ July 1994

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ We sell to all
countries, and have regional distributors in most major
areas, and on all continents.

<tag/Price Range:/ Country dependent.  North America:
Single user US$199, Unlimited User US$499
until Nov 15, 1994.  US$499 Single &
US$999 Unlimited after that.

<tag/Installed Base:/

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
multisoft Datentechnik GmbH
PO Box 312
D-82027 Gruenwald, Germany
Phone:  [phone]
Fax:    [phone]
E-Mail: [e-mail]
Contact:  Dorte Balek

North America:
WorkGroup Solutions, Inc
PO Box 460190
Aurora, CO 80046-0190, USA
Phone:  [phone]
Fax:    [phone]
E-Mail: [e-mail]
Contact: Virginia Lane
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ Sep 19, 1994

</descrip>


<sect2>Gen/X
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ An X GUI/Application development system with real-time data
capabilities.  Little or no X experience required.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ Internet download, diskettes, tapes.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ 30 day evaluation available.  One license per host or
site options.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Linux 1.2.13, No Motif, straight Xlib, Recom. 8M RAM.
8MB HD.  At least 800x640 screen resolution.

<tag/Documentation:/ Printed documentation (600 pages), English, downloadable
MS Word docs (1 disk).

<tag/Product Support:/ Update service, maintenance, training ($200/hd) and
unlimited help.

<tag/Linux Support:/

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ Real time package (US $99), Customizable
widgets and dyn objects free.

<tag/Available Since:/ January 12, 1996.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ USA.

<tag/Price Range:/ $490 Development, $99 Real-time.

<tag/Installed Base:/

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
AgeTek, Inc
2308 North Mission Circle. Friendswood, TX. 77546
USA
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Contact: Anthony Correll
EMail: [e-mail]
WWW: http://www.agetek.com
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ June 14, 1996.

</descrip>

<sect2>ICC11
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ ICC11 is a full featured C Compiler
for the HC11 microcontrollers: including floating point
support, interspersed C and assembly listing, and much
more. It's available in native Linux version, as well
as DOS and OS2 versions.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ It's available on 3.5"
diskette. Latest upgrades are available via FTP,
usually for free or for a minimal charge.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ There is an early version of
the compiler available for free use in <htmlurl
url="ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/im/imagecft/icc11/free"
name="ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/im/imagecft/icc11/free">

<tag/OS Provisions:/ There is no special hardware or
software requirement to run ICC11.

<tag/Documentation:/ The product comes with a 100 page manual.

<tag/Product Support:/ Preferred technical support via
e-mail. Send mail to <htmlurl
url="mailto:[e-mail]"
name="[e-mail]">.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ N/A

<tag/Available Since:/ Feb 95. Version 2 with floating
point support available now.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ N/A

<tag/Price Range:/ USD45 plus USD5 S&H for
U.S.A. and Canada, USD10 S&H for elsewhere.

<tag/Installed Base:/ We have over 400 customers worldwide.

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
ImageCraft
P.O. Box 64226
Sunnyvale, CA 94088-4226, USA
Phone/Fax: [phone]
Contact: Richard Man or Christina Willrich
E-mail: [e-mail]
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ April 10, 1995

</descrip>



<sect2>INSURE++
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ Insure++ (Formerly Insight++) is the most thorough
automatic runtime debugger available.  Insure++ identifies compile-time,
runtime, and algorithmic errors, including memory overwrites, pointer errors,
and errors in system calls, C/ C++ libraries, third-party libraries and
I/O statements.  Insure++ also includes data visualization tools and
coverage analysis tools.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ DAT tape, QIC tape

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ free demo at <htmlurl
url="ftp://129.69.18.15/pub/info/producer/genias/insure"
name="ftp://129.69.18.15/pub/info/producer/genias/insure">.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ N/A

<tag/Documentation:/ N/A

<tag/Product Support:/ N/A

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/

<tag/Available Since:/ 1994

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ USA, Sweden, Netherlands

<tag/Price Range:/ DEM 895 (with 25% educational discount)

<tag/Installed Base:/ few

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
ParaSoft Corporation
2031 S. Myrtle Ave
Monrovia, CA  91016
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

GENIAS Software GmbH
Erzgebirgstr. 2
D-93073 Neutraubling, Germany
Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Contact: Johannes Grawe
E-mail: [e-mail]
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ May 10, 1995

</descrip>





<sect2>INTERACTER
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ INTERACTER is a portable user- interface and graphics
subroutine library for Fortran software developers.  INTERACTER-based programs
are portable to a wide range of Fortran compilers running on Unix, VMS, DOS
and Windows.  The Linux version supports f2c and g77.  Functions include
menus, text windows, forms, graphics primitives, presentation graphics,
hardcopy (many formats) and operating system interface.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ 3.5" tar diskettes or 4mm DAT.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ INTERACTER-based programs can be distributed royalty
free.  Linux demo program available at
<htmlurl url = "http://www.demon.co.uk/issltd"
name = "http://www.demon.co.uk/issltd">

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Linux version supports X Windows (via Xlib), graphics
terminals or Linux console (colour text-mode).  Requires g77 or f2c.

<tag/Documentation:/ Two-volume English language printed manual.

<tag/Product Support:/ Free lifetime technical support.  New releases every
six months.  Chargeable software updates.

<tag/Linux Support:/ Same as for all other platforms (see above).

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ Optional INTERACTER Toolkit provides form
designer, graphics file viewer, on-line help, hardcopy post-processor and
set-up file editor.

<tag/Available Since:/ October, 1995.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ Distributors in North America, Europe and
Australia.

<tag/Price Range:/ Linux version: US $675 (UK pounds 450).

<tag/Installed Base:/

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Interactive Software Services Ltd.
Westwood House
Littleton Drive
Huntington
Staffs WS12 4TS
United Kingdom
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Contact:
EMail: [e-mail]
WWW: http://www.demon.co.uk/issltd
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ June 14, 1996.

</descrip>


<sect2>ISE Eiffel 3
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ ISE Eiffel 3 provides a powerful and
user-friendly O-O programming environment designed for
large, complex systems.  It is an integrated
GUI workbench consisting of a variety of Eiffel-based
components: EiffelBench melting-ice workbench,
EiffelBuild interface builder and application
generator, EiffelVision graphics and GUI library, and
EiffelBase basic libraries.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ 1/4 inch Tape, DAT.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Each hardware platform type
requires a different runtime.  The standard delivery of
the EiffelBench comes with the runtime for the given
platform type; additional runtimes may be purchased for
cross-development.

ISE charges run-time license fees, only for copyrighted
commercial products built using ISE's technology. For
further information contact vendor.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Motif required

<tag/Documentation:/ Documentation including the
Prentice Hall books &dquot;Eiffel: The Language, Reusable
Software: The Base Object-Oriented Component Libraries&dquot;
and &dquot;An Object-Oriented Environment: Principles &
Practices&dquot;.

<tag/Product Support:/ The purchase prices include free
technical support for three months.  The price of
technical support per year is 30% (payable in advance)
of the standard software purchase and provides
assistance with problems encountered in the use of the
software. Support is provided by electronic mail, fax
or telephone.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ A special license for
students and individuals of ISE Eiffel on Linux
includes the full graphical environment.

<tag/Available Since:/ June 1994

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ (many individual
distributors worldwide; too many to name them here.
please consult vendor. hm)

<tag/Price Range:/ US$295.00 plus shipping &
handling. USA: $15.00 for UPS Ground,
$20.00 for UPS 2nd Day Air; Canada:
$35.00 for UPS 2nd Day Air; Other: $60.00
for UPS International Air

<tag/Installed Base:/

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Interactive Software Engineering, Inc.
270 Storke Road, Suite 7
Goleta, CA 93117, USA
Phone:  [phone]
Fax:    [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ Sep 09, 1994

</descrip>



<sect2>Metacard
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ MetaCard is a hypermedia/Rapid
Application Development environment for X11/Unix
workstations that is compatible with Apple Corp.'s
HyperCard.  MetaCard can be used by programmers and
sophisticated end users to build Motif applications and
hypermedia documents using a powerful, direct
manipulation editor and a simple scripting language.
Stacks developed with MetaCard are portable among all
supported platforms (14 for release 1.3) and can be
distributed with the MetaCard engine without licensing
fees or royalties.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ Anonymous FTP and 3.5"
diskettes.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ MetaCard can be licensed to a
single, named individual, but can be used on any
machine or combination of machines by that user.
Multiple user packages are also available.

The save-disabled distribution is available via
anonymous FTP from <htmlurl
url="ftp://ftp.metacard.com/MetaCard"
name="ftp://ftp.metacard.com/MetaCard"> and <htmlurl
url="ftp://ftp.uu.net/vendor/MetaCard"
name="ftp://ftp.uu.net/vendor/MetaCard">.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ The 1.4 release was built on Linux
0.99pl14.  8 MByte RAM minimum, 16MByte recommended.
800x600 minimum display resolution.  Requires about 5
MByte disk space.

<tag/Documentation:/ Complete on-line documentation is
supplied.  Printed documentation is an extra-cost
option.

<tag/Product Support:/ Free email technical support.
Free upgrades during the 1.X series of releases.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ A library version of
MetaCard that can be linked directly to C programs
(Embedded MetaCard) is available at extra cost.

<tag/Available Since:/ February 1994

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ Direct sales world wide.

<tag/Price Range:/ $247.50.  $495 for a
license that works on Linux and all Unix platforms.

<tag/Installed Base:/

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
MetaCard Corporation
4710 Shoup pl.
Boulder, CO 80303, USA
Phone:  [phone]
Fax:    [phone]
E-Mail: [e-mail]
Contact: Scott Raney
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ Sep 20, 1994

</descrip>




<sect2>Mjolner BETA System
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ The Mjolner BETA System is a
software development environment supporting
object-oriented programming in the BETA programming
language.  BETA is uniquely expressive and orthogonal
amongst object-oriented languages. BETA unifies just
about every abstraction mechanism, including class,
procedure, function, coroutine, process, and exception,
into the ultimate abstraction mechanism: the
pattern. In addition it has general block structure,
strong typing, whole/part-objects, and
concurrency. Compiler: Native code generation, garbage
collection, separate compilation, C and assembler
interface. System: Persistence, distribution,
comprehensive libraries, platform- independent GUI
application framework (Unix, Mac, Windows, NT),
metaprogramming system, graphical system,
hyperstructure editor.

Among the unique characteristics of the Mjolner BETA System are that
the GUI-applications run on Motif, Windows NT and Macintosh without
any change and with the native look and feel; it is easy to write
distributed applications and it is easy to save and restore objects
from a persistent store.

The Mjolner BETA System is being used successfully for teaching both
first grade and second grade students at several universities.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ 3.5" Floppy Diskettes, FTP.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ The normal version requires a
licence per CPU.  Server licences are available at
reduced cost.  Educational licences do not permit the
use of the system for commercial purposes, but permit
free distribution of Personal Editions (see below) for
students.

A Personal Edition containing compiler, the basic
libraries, persistence, X frameworks is available. This
version may not be used for commercial purposes and/or
teaching.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Linux 1.0 or later, RAM: 4Mb (8 to
16 recommended), XFree86, OSF/Motif 1.1 or later (for
MotifEnv programs only; not required to run compiler),
Programs needed: (g)as, ld, make.

<tag/Documentation:/ Full system includes ~1000 pages of printed documentation.
FTP customers have access to all documentation in PostScript format.
The Personal Edition includes ~200 pages of printed documentation,
and remaining documentation in PostScript.

<tag/Product Support:/Upgrade: 30% of the prices
above. Hot-line support: USD500 per month per CPU
license. E-mail support available. Ask for details.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/

<tscreen><verb>
Persistent store                                        USD  95
X frameworks, including Xtenv, AwEnv and MotifEnv       USD 195
Bifrost, the interactive graphics system                USD 195
Yggdrasil, the metaprogramming system                   USD 145
Sif, the hyper structure editor                         USD 195
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Available Since:/ August 1994

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ The Mjolner BETA
System for Linux must be purchased from manufacturer
directly.

<tag/Price Range:/ Basic system is USD195.  Add-ons
ranges from USD95 to USD195.  Full system available for
USD820.  A Personal Edition (non-profit) containing
compiler, the basic libraries, persistence, X
frameworks is available for USD60.

<tag/Installed Base:/ N/A

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Mjolner Informatics Aps
Science Park Aarhus
Gustav Wieds Vej 10
DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Phone:  [phone]
Fax:    [phone]
Contact: Peter Andersen ([e-mail])
E-mail: [e-mail], [e-mail],
    [e-mail]
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ August 15, 1995

</descrip>
<sect2>SEDIT, S/REXX
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ SEDIT is a powerful UNIX (tm) text
editor patterned after IBM's XEDIT editor. It operates
with a GUI under X windows or in character mode from a
tty device. S/REXX is a full UNIX implementation of
IBM's SAA procedural language except that the numeric
digit specification is limited to 15 digits. S/REXX
functions as an imbedded macro langauge for SEDIT as
well as providing a powerful modern programming
language alternative to shell scripting
languages. SEDIT and S/REXX may be purchased in a
bundle or individually.  See <htmlurl url="http://www.portal.com/~sedit"
name="http://www.portal.com/~sedit"> or <htmlurl
url="http://www.sedit.com/sedit" name="http://www.sedit.com/sedit">
for more information including introductory pricing for Linux,
etc.  The ftp directory includes a text file flattened from
the above web pages for users wouth WWW capability or
mail us at
<htmlurl url="mailto:[e-mail]"
name="[e-mail]">.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ The Linux version is
available for ftp download or on diskettes.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ SEDIT and S/REXX are licensed
products. See the above URLs for details.  For demo
purposes, a short term license key will be provided on
request to anyone who obtains the product via ftp.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ We believe these products will
work with any recent stable Linux kernel but testing
has been limited to two: circa 1.0.5 and 1.1.49.  Motif
is fully bound with SEDIT and SEDIT is distributed with
XFree86 3.1 shared libraries for use if your system is
not at that level.

<tag/Documentation:/ Documentation is furnished in
PostScript form, in extensive on-line help files, and
in optional printed manuals.

<tag/Product Support:/Technical support is available
for all licensed users. For maintenance, see the above
URLs.

<tag/Linux Support:/ n/a

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ A REXX interactive
graphical debugger is available as an optional feature
as are printed manuals, physical media, and on going
maintenance.  See the above URLs.

<tag/Available Since:/ The beta Linux version has been
available since about May 1, 1995.  The poduct version
is anticiapted about July 1.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ SEDIT and S/REXX are
available worldwide. The URLs should be consulted for
current information.

<tag/Price Range:/ Ranges from USD99 (introductory 2
user license without media or printed documentation) to
USD440 (regular price for the 4 user version of SEDIT
with S/REXX and all hardcopy manuals).

<tag/Installed Base:/ N/A

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Benaroya
31 Rue de Constantinople
F-75008 Paris, France
Phone: [phone]
Fax:   [phone]
Contact:  Robert Benaroya
E-mail: [e-mail]
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ June 9, 1995

</descrip>



<sect2>Smalltalk/X language system
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ Smalltalk language implementation with integrated
development environment and smalltalk-to-C compiler.  Includes incremental
compiler, symbolic debugger, source code browser, class library (+600
classes), batch compilers for high performance machine code, inline C
capability, lightweight processes, 3D graphics and much more.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ Diskettes, CD-ROM, tapes or others.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Free demo version for non-commercial use.  Full
versions available.  A free demo or shareware version is available
at <htmlurl url = "ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/stx"
name = "ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/stx">.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Linux 0.99 - 1.2; 16MB RAM minimum.

<tag/Documentation:/ Online; HTML.  Documentation also available online via
the WWW at <htmlurl url = "http://www.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/stx/stx.html"
name = "http://www.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/stx/stx.html">.

<tag/Product Support:/ Update service via FTP.  Maintenance, training,
consulting upon request.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ N/A

<tag/Available Since:/ 1994.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ USA, Germany.

<tag/Price Range:/ Students, Educational institutes (non commercial): US$
150.  Others (non commercial): US$ 300.  Full commercial: US$ 3000.
No per-runtime royalties.

<tag/Installed Base:/

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
DevCon, Development & Consulting
Kirchheimerstr. 87
D-74357 Boennigheim
Germany
Phone:
Fax: [phone]
Contact:
EMail: [e-mail]
WWW:

Styx Technologies Inc.
1132 Rhinecastle Way
San Jose, CA 95120
U.S.A.
EMail: [e-mail]
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/

</descrip>


<sect2>tgdb
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ tgdb is a graphical user interface
for gdb, the GNU debugger.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ Anonymous FTP, available as
<htmlurl url =
"ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/devel/debuggers/tgdb-1.0.src.tgz" name = "source">
package or <htmlurl url =
"ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/devel/debuggers/tgdb-1.0.srcbin-linux.tgz"
name = "Linux binary"> package.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/  Shareware

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Any Un*x-like OS (including
Linux); requires X11R5.

<tag/Documentation:/ Comprehensive online/hypertext
help (english); can be converted into various formats
for printing.

<tag/Product Support:/ Updated when required; hotline
and email support available.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ N/A

<tag/Available Since:/ August, 1994.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ Worldwide (FTP).

<tag/Price Range:/ US$30 or DM50.00 per user;
site licenses available.

<tag/Installed Base:/

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
HighTec EDV-Systeme GmbH
Neue Bahnhofstr. 37
D-66386 St. Ingbert, Germany
Phone: [phone]
Fax:   [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Contact: Michael Schumacher
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ September 9, 1994.

</descrip>

<sect2>TowerEiffel <p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ TowerEiffel is a complete software
engineering tool for creating scalable systems in the
object oriented programming language Eiffel.
TowerEiffel for Linux includes a high performance
Eiffel 3 compiler, open development environment,
programming tools including debugger, browser and
automatic documentation generation, and a base set of
reusable software components.  Key features include
fast executable code, global system optimization, user
controllable garbage collection, clear and precise
error messages, exception handling, genericity,
automatic system builds, automatic documentation
generation and built in test support.  A unique
capability of TowerEiffel is Eiffel, C, and C++
interoperability.


<tag/Distribution Media:/ 4 Diskettes or QIC150 Tape

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ TowerEiffel is licensed on a
per user, right-to-use basis.  There are no run-time
fees.  Two types of licenses are available:&nl; 1)
Non-Commercial license for students and individuals
developing software which will no be distributed for
commercial use.  Upon permission from Tower, software
can be published as shareware.&nl; 2) Commercial
license for commercial developers who will distribute
or deploy developed software for commercial use.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ no special requirements

<tag/Documentation:/ 500+ page user reference manual in
English

<tag/Product Support:/ 60 days free technical support
provided with purchase.  Non-Commercial support is
30% per year of current retail price.  Includes
technical support via email or fax, and free upgrades
(excluding shipping cost).  Different support programs
available for commercial developers.

<tag/Linux Support:/ n/a

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ TowerEiffel supports
interoperability with C and C++. Motif GUI Libraries,
and Data Structure Library (Booch) sold as add-ons.


<tag/Available Since:/ November 1994

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ TowerEiffel is
available worldwide with aurthorized distributors in
UK, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, and China

<tag/Price Range:/ USD249 for non-commercial license;
USD1295 for commercial license

<tag/Installed Base:/ N/A

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Tower Technology Corporation
1501 West Koenig Lane
Austin, TX 78756, USA
Phone:    [phone] or [phone]
Fax:    [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
www: http://www.cm.cf.ac.uk/Tower/
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ April 5, 1995

</descrip>


<!--  Fiancial  #############################################
-->

<sect1>Financial Software

<p>
All about financial tools.



<sect2>BB Tool
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ BB Tool is a powerful stock
charting, technical analysis and portfolio management
tool.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ FTP download, or 3.5"
diskettes

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Per machine license. FREE demo
version is available via FTP from <htmlurl
url="ftp://ftp.portal.com/pub/ctor" name="ftp://ftp.portal.com/pub/ctor">

<tag/OS Provisions:/ kernel version 1.1.52+, XFree86 3.1.1

<tag/Documentation:/ PostScript formatted document is
available via FTP download (file bb_doc.ps.gz). The document has 42 pages
including tutorial and reference guide.  Man pages are
also provided.  BB Tool has extensive context sensitive
online help.  Available in English only.

<tag/Product Support:/Free patch of current version
available via Email or FTP.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ Historic stock data
on US Stock Exchange (NYSE, AMEX, NASDAQ) are available
at USD1.00 per stock.  Daily stock quote is available
FREE, distributed via Email.

<tag/Available Since:/ Sun SPARC version available
since December 1993.  Linux version available April
1995.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ USA

<tag/Price Range:/ Linux version: USD79; Sun SPARC
version: USD89 Plus tax and shipping (if applicable)

<tag/Installed Base:/ N/A

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Falkor Technologies
P.O.Box 14201
Fremont, CA 94539, U.S.A.
Phone: [phone]
Contact: Henry Chen
Email: [e-mail]
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ May 10, 1995

</descrip>

<sect1>Mathematics
<p>

Mathematics can as well be done with Linux ...

<sect2> Maple V
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ Maple V Release 3 is a powerful
general purpose computer algebra system. Maple V is a
system for solving mathematical problems symbolically
(instead of using paper and pencil and a lot of time)
and numerically. Maple V's graphics (various types of
2D, 3D, animation) visualizes the solutions. Maple V
has also a programming language (Pascal like) which
allows to extend the library of 2500+ functions.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ 3.5" disks

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ License for unlimited use in
time of the bought version, floating license with user
based pricing

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Linux kernel 1.0;  XFree86 or Motif
possible but not necessary; release number 2100: at least
8 MByte RAM suggested

<tag/Documentation:/ 3 books ("First Leaves: A Tutorial
Introduction" 253 pgs., "Language Reference Manual",
267 pgs.  and "The Maple Handbook" 497 pgs.),
Installation Manual. Manual pages of all functions and
commands, help browser, keyword search. Documentation
and help in English, some books in various languages
exist.

<tag/Product Support:/ updates/maintenance depending on
license, please call the distributor or WMSI.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ share library via
EMail and <htmlurl url="ftp://daisy.uwaterloo.ca/pub/maple"
name="FTP">.  Free mailing list available
(<htmlurl url = "mailto:[e-mail]"
name = "[e-mail]">).

<tag/Available Since:/ September, 1994.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ US/Canada, Europe, Asia

<tag/Price Range:/ German list price: DM 1785 (plus
shipping and handling plus VAT). Please call the
national distributor or WMSI.

<tag/Installed Base:/

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Waterloo Maple Software
450 Phillip Street, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 5J2
Phone: [phone]
Fax:   [phone]
email: [e-mail]

Germany, Switzerland and Austria:
Scientific Computers GmbH
Franzstr. 106
D-52064 Aachen, Germany
Phone: [phone]
Fax:   [phone]
E-Mail: [e-mail]
Contact: Monika Germ
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ Sep 19, 1994

</descrip>

<sect2>Mathematica
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ Mathematica is a
computational and visualization software package that's
used by engineers and scientists worldwide for quick,
accurate numeric and symbolic answers.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ 3.5" 1.44MB DOS floppy disks

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ N/A

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Will take advantage of numeric
coprocessor, if present. 20MB free disk space
recommended (30MB required during installation). 8MB
RAM required, 16MB RAM recommended for the Mathematica
kernel.

<tag/Documentation:/ Includes Mathematica : A System
for Doing Mathematics by Computer, Installation Manual
and User's Guide for Unix computers, Guide to Standard
Mathematica Packages, Release Notes, and additional
technical reports.  On-line help, on-line
documentation.

<tag/Product Support:/Free technical support

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ N/A

<tag/Available Since:/ July 1995

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ U.S., Canada,
Europe, Latin America, South Africa, Asia, Far East,
Australia (everywhere)

<tag/Price Range:/ Starting at USD995 in the U.S.

<tag/Installed Base:/ N/A

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Wolfram Research, Inc.
Phone:  [phone] or [phone]
Fax:
Contact:
E-mail: [e-mail]
WWW:    http://www.wri.com

Europe:

Wolfram Research Europe Ltd.
Phone:    [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ August 16, 1995

</descrip>
<sect2>Matlab and Simulink
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ MATLAB is a high-performance,
interactive numeric computation and visualization
environment that combines the advantages of hundreds of
packaged advanced math and graphics functions with a
high-level language.

SIMULINK is a powerful, interactive software package
for modeling, analyzing, and simulating dynamic
nonlinear systems.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ CD-ROM

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ SiteID-Locked - Contact The
MathWorks for details.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Linux '95  V1.2, 16 MB RAM, 20 MB disk space.

<tag/Documentation:/ Printed documentation, online
help, MATLAB Reference Guide (HTML)

<tag/Product Support:/The MathWorks supports a variety
of Internet-based services to provide product
information and services 24 hours a day.  These
services give immediate access to a wealth of
resources, product data sheets, technical support,
answers to frequently asked questions, user-
contributed materials, open-forum discussions, and
more. (For details ask vendor. hm)

<tag/Linux Support:/ None.

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ Toolboxes: Fuzzy
Logic, Signal Processing, Image Processing, Spline,
Symbolic Math, Neural Network, Nonlinear Control
Design, Control System, Robust Control, Mu-Analysis
& Synthesis, System Identification, Optimization,
Statistics, Real-Time Workshop. Blocksets: Fixed-Point
Blockset, DSP Blockset

<tag/Available Since:/ June 1995

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ Spain, Portugal,
United Kingdom, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg,
Australia, Switzerland, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Israel,
Poland, Germany, France, Italy, Austria

<tag/Price Range:/ Available upon request.

<tag/Installed Base:/ N/A

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
The MathWorks, Inc.
24 Prime Park Way
Natick, MA 01760, USA
Phone:  [phone] x4322
Fax:    [phone]
Contact: technical: Brian Bourgault, Marketing: Enza Froio
E-mail:    [e-mail], [e-mail]
WWW:    http://www.mathworks.com
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ August 16, 1995

</descrip>

<sect2>Reduce
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ REDUCE is a general purpose system
for the symbolic manipulation of mathematical formulae
(computer algebra) in science and engineering.  More
information via WWW from
<htmlurl url="http://www.zib-berlin.de/Symbolik/reduce"
name="http://www.zib-berlin.de/Symbolik/reduce">.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ REDUCE for Linux is normally
distributed on 3.5 inch diskettes. Tape cartridges of
different formats are available on request.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/One time fee per installation.
Discount for multiple licenses. Free demo version
available via FTP from
<htmlurl url="ftp://ftp.zib-berlin.de/pub/reduce/demo/linux"
name = "ftp://ftp.zib-berlin.de/pub/reduce/demo/linux">.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Independent of LINUX kernel: the .c and .s
sources for the LISP kernel are included and
can be recompiled locally. X Windows not necessary but
recommended. 8 Mbyte RAM recommended, better more.

<tag/Documentation:/ A 230 page User's manual is
available. A reference manual is accessible in
hypertext style on line under X Windows. All documents
in English. The manual and additional documentation on
disk in LaTeX.

<tag/Product Support:/ Free patches of the current
version available via electronic mail or ftp.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ N/A

<tag/Available Since:/ July 1993

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ All countries except
Iraq and Yugoslavia. Local distributors in Russia,
Japan, Czec Republic, China.

<tag/Price Range:/ Personal REDUCE: approx. USD99;
Professional REDUCE: approx. USD499. Plus freight and
tax.

<tag/Installed Base:/ several dozens

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum Berlin
Heilbronner Str. 10
D-10711 Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Germany
Phone:  [phone]
Fax:    [phone]
E-Mail: [e-mail]
Contact: H.Melenk
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ Sep 28, 1994

</descrip>




<sect1>Network Management
<p>

<sect2>Galacticomm BBS
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ Worldgroup for UNIX, a client/server online software platform
integrating workgroup/e-mail applications, commercial online services,
and BBS technology.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ CD-ROM, tape, 3.5" disks.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ concurrent user-license, no free demo or shareware is
available.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ 1.1.59 and higher kernel, XFree86 3.1.x, 55MB disk usage,
RAM depends on number of simultaneous users (approximately 750kb
per user).

<tag/Documentation:/ printed documentation, 550 pages, online client-side help.

<tag/Product Support:/30-day free installation support, service contracts there-
after.  Classroom and/or on-site training available at extra costs.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ too many to list.

<tag/Available Since:/ Oct. 95 (previous versions of software since Aug. 94).

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ N/A

<tag/Price Range:/ baseline 8-user system, USD1695.

<tag/Installed Base:/ 1000+

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Galacticomm, Inc.
4101 SW 47 Avenue, Suite 101
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33314, USA
Phone:  [phone]
Fax:    [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ Sept 14, 1995

</descrip>

<sect2>NetEye
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ NetEye is a complete SNMP based Network
Management System. NetEye's main features are:&nl;
Standard X-Window System and OSF/Motif user interface&nl;
Autodiscovery and automapping of all IP based objects&nl;
MIB Browser to simplify the navigation of all MIB-2 and
private.enterprise variables&nl;
Trouble ticketing system capable of storing and forwarding
tickets via email and fax&nl;
Capture, filtering and storing of SNMP device traps&nl;
Topological, logical and spatial network views using color
codes&nl;
User definable bitmaps to represent network objects on
maps&nl;
User definable alarm and warning thresholds and time plots
of any number of MIB variables&nl;
Builtin address book to store and retrieve all fax and email
addresses of other network managers&nl;
Online hyper help for unexperienced operators&nl;

<tag/Distribution Media:/ 3.5" Floppy disk or ftp

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Licensed per CPU, also available
for OEM and source licensing. Full product is available
on request for one month free of charge evaluation.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ X11R5 and a video card capable of
handling 256 colors. An ethernet card or PPP dialup
connection. Minimum hardware requirements are 16 MByte RAM
and a 386/40 CPU for managing small networks. Best
performances using a 486DX2/66 CPU. Disk requirements:
12 MByte for basic installation that will grow depending on
use and size of database of managed objects.

<tag/Documentation:/ Documentation in english. Booklet
of about 100 pages detailing all operations.

<tag/Product Support:/ email, fax, telephone.
First 90 days free. USD450/year for ongoing
support and updates.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ Comes with a compiled
and ready to use copy of University Ingres 8.9

<tag/Available Since:/ September 1993

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ UK, USA, Canada,
Italy and worldwide (manufacturer)

<tag/Price Range:/ Complete network management system
with trouble ticketing service: USD5500 list price.
Source and OEM contracts: contact manufacturer.

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Soft*Star s.r.l.
Via Camburzano 9
10143 Torino, Italy
Phone:    [phone]
Fax:    [phone]
Contact: Enrico Badella
E-mail: [e-mail]
        [e-mail]
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ November 1, 1994

</descrip>


<sect2>Venus
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ Venus is an distributed
administration tool for any network built of Unix
workstations from different hardware vendors. A VENUS
network presents itselfs to the user as a homogeneous
computer system and garantees transparent access to any
network resource. It provides software tools for major
cluster management tasks: configuration management,
software distribution, user and filesystem
administration.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ N/A

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Commercial.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Kernel 1.2, XFree86 3.1

<tag/Documentation:/ Printed doumentation, online help.

<tag/Product Support:/Hotline, email, courses ... on request.

<tag/Linux Support:/ Upon request.

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ N/A

<tag/Available Since:/ 1994

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ World.

<tag/Price Range:/ Upon Request. Special prices for educational institutions.

<tag/Installed Base:/ 10 Linux Venus clients. (growing rapidly...)

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
science + computing GmbH
Hagellocher Weg 71
D-72070 Tuebingen, Germany
Phone:  [phone]
Fax:    [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
WWW:     http://www.science-computing.uni-tuebingen.de/
Contact: Olaf Flebbe
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ August 15, 1995

</descrip>

<sect2>VU-BBS
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ Visually oriented BBS system and
system/user administration package.  VU BBS offers
tools for installing and managing a large and active
site as well as providing an easy to use and yet
powerful commercial BBS environment.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ Public distributions of VU
BBS may be found at <htmlurl url="ftp://ftp.amaranth.com"
name="ftp.amaranth.com">.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ VU BBS is freely available at
many major ftp sites.  Our primary site is
<htmlurl url="ftp://ftp.amaranth.com"
name="ftp.amaranth.com">.  In addition, annual registration is
offered at USD45/year which provides immediate access
to product updates and enhancements.  VU BBS is
distributed fully functional with no limitations on
simulataneous user access, and is registered on a
per-running-machine basis.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Linux kernel 1.1.47 or later.  4
megs of free space for installation.  Running
requirements are less than 200k per VU BBS user online!

<tag/Documentation:/ Limited at this time.

<tag/Product Support:/In addition to registration, a
publically maintained mailing list for VU BBS sysops is
hosted through <htmlurl
url="mailto:[e-mail]"
name="[e-mail]">.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ N/A

<tag/Available Since:/ March 1995.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ world

<tag/Price Range:/ see above

<tag/Installed Base:/ N/A

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Tycho Softworks
25 Ceder St.
Garfield, NJ 07026, USA
E-mail:    [e-mail]
Contact: David Sugar
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ August 15, 1995

</descrip>
<!--  Text Processing  #############################################
-->

<sect1>Text Processing
<p>All kind of text processing, ASCII- and GUI-based

<sect2>CRiSP
<p>
<descrip>

<tag/Description:/ CRiSP is a graphical text editor on
various Unix and Windows platforms which is 100%
compatible with BRIEF. What makes Crisp different is
that it tries to deliver its power in an intuitive
point & click environment, without taking away the
keyboard.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ 3.5" diskettes. Tapes
available at extra charge.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Both node locked and floating
licenses are available. Demonstration copy is archived
at <htmlurl url="ftp://ftp.uu.net/vendor/vital"
name = "ftp://ftp.uu.net/vendor/vital">.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ RAM: 0.5 MByte, harddisk: 6 MByte
(full), 2 MByte minimum.  Openlook / Motif / Character
versions are available on just about all commercial
Unix platforms, Linux and Windows 3.1/NT.

<tag/Documentation:/ printed, on-line manuals, on-line
help, English

<tag/Product Support:/ updates and maintenance can be
purchased at $100.00 US per license per year.
It provides free upgrades for one year.

<tag/Linux Support:/ We are currently giving away
Slackware Professional 2.0 away for users ordering
Crisp. This promotion however is only valid till end of
October.

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ N/A

<tag/Available Since:/ March 1994

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ International
Distributor: VITAL; Europe: Lasermoon

<tag/Price Range:/ USD99.99 (list: USD 149.99) without printed
manuals. Printed user manual can be purchased at an
additional USD40.00

<tag/Installed Base:/

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
VITAL SOLUTIONS INC
4109 Candlewyck Drive
Plano, TX 75024, USA
Phone:  [phone]
Fax:    [phone]
E-Mail: [e-mail]
Contact: Gigi Mehrotra
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ Nov 1, 1995

</descrip>


<sect2>ibgsXaed
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ ibgsXaed is an editor which is
portable to every X Window System that offers
OSF/Motif. The editor has normal edit functions and a
lot of special features that support newcomers and
professionals (f.e. function keys for system commands
execution, variable fonts, undo, redo, online help,
hotlist, iconbar, etc.).

<tag/Distribution Media:/ 3.5" diskette

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ free demo version

<tag/OS Provisions:/ X Window System X11R5, OSF/Motif
1.2, approx. 2 MByte harddisk

<tag/Documentation:/ printed manual, online help, both
in English or German

<tag/Product Support:/ hotline, updates

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ N/A

<tag/Available Since:/ July 1994

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/

<tag/Price Range:/ DM 799,- for one license, sliding
prices for more licenses

<tag/Installed Base:/

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
ibgs GmbH
Promenade 7
D-52076 Aachen, Germany
Phone:  [phone]
Fax:    [phone]
Contact: Mr.Sohn
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ Sep 28,1994

</descrip>




<!--  X Windows  #############################################
-->


<sect1>X Windows related products

<p>
Alternative X Windows servers, widget sets, window
managers.

<sect2>BXwidgets
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ BXwidgets is a supplementary widget set to develop
especially commercial Motif applications.  It includes special widgets for
tabulars, masks, formatted input field and the full support for a complete
help system.  All has Motif look and feel and is platform independent.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ 3,5" DOS diskette.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Source code licence.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Any kernel, X11R5 or X11R6, Motif 1.1 or Motif 1.2.

<tag/Documentation:/ About 250 pages of documenation with examples.  Several
demo programs.

<tag/Product Support:/ Support and update service is available
(1200,-DM or about 750,-US$)

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/

<tag/Available Since:/ 1992.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ Germany, UK, USA.

<tag/Price Range:/ 1600 DM (about 1000 US$) for a full source code licence.

<tag/Installed Base:/ N/A

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
BREDEX GmbH
Fallersleber-Tor-Wall 23
D - 38100 Braunschweig
Germany
Phone: +49 / 531 / 24 33 0 - 0
Fax: +49 / 531 / 24 33 0 - 99
Contact:
EMail: [e-mail]
WWW: http://www.bredex.de
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ June 14, 1996.

</descrip>


<sect2>BXwidgets/DB
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ BXwidgets/DB is a supplementary widget set to access
relational databases.  Data can be automatically queried form the database,
displayed in various forms, changed and stored in the database.  All
applications built with BXwidgets/DB are database independent.  The database
access is performed by transaction-servers. Transaction-Server and database
may reside on other hotsts in the network.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ CD-ROM.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Per OS License, no run-time restrictions,
Evaluation-License available.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ X11R5 and Motif1.2 must be installed.

<tag/Documentation:/ Printed manual in English.

<tag/Product Support:/ Support and update service is available.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/

<tag/Available Since:/ 1996.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ N/A

<tag/Price Range:/ DM 4900.

<tag/Installed Base:/ N/A

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
BREDEX GmbH
Fallersleber-Tor-Wall 23
D - 38100 Braunschweig
Germany
Phone: +49 / 531 / 24 33 0 - 0
Fax: +49 / 531 / 24 33 0 - 99
Contact:
EMail: [e-mail]
WWW: htpp://www.bredex.de
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ June 14, 1996.

</descrip>

<sect2>Metrolink Motif
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ Motif 1.2.4 - Graphical User
Interface - Complete Runtime and Development package
with Color Pixmap Support.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ 3.5" diskettes (3), or FTP:
The customer places the order with a credit card, then
we email him our license agreement, installation
instructions, release notes, and the FTP instructions
-- including the current password.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Licensing is per CPU.  NFS
mounting not allowed.  Site licenses are available for
10 or more copies.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Linux 0.99pl15g or higher,
8-16 MByte RAM, 9 MByte HardDisk

<tag/Documentation:/ OSF User's Manual (120 pages), man
pages (electronic), English.

<tag/Product Support:/ 90 days free tech support,
30-day money back guarantee, Extended Tech Support
Contract $100 US per year.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ N/A

<tag/Available Since:/ Motif 1.2.4 for Linux since
August 1994 (Motif 1.2.2 for Linux since June 1993).

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ USA, Germany, France.

<tag/Price Range:/ $149.00 US through October
31, 1994; $199 US after that if the special
offer isn't extended.

<tag/Installed Base:/ 2,600 copies as of Sep 23, 1994

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Metro Link Incorporated
4711 N. Powerline Rd.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309, USA
Phone:  [phone]
Fax:    [phone]
E-Mail: [e-mail] (general info)
Contact:  Holly Robinson ([e-mail], other
    questions & orders)
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ Sep 19, 1994

</descrip>



<sect2>MoCheap
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ A port of Motif to Linux, derived from and compatible with
OSF/Motif 2.0.  Requires Linux and X-windows and includes complete runtime
and development system licensed for one CPU.

<tag/Distribution Media:/

<tag/Licensing Policy:/

<tag/OS Provisions:/

<tag/Documentation:/

<tag/Product Support:/

<tag/Linux Support:/

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/

<tag/Available Since:/

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/

<tag/Price Range:/

<tag/Installed Base:/

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Yggdrasil Computing, Inc.
4880 Stevens Creek Blvd.  #205
San Jose, CA  95129-1034
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Contact:
EMail: [e-mail]
WWW:
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/

</descrip>


<sect2>OpenGL
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/OpenGL for Linux from Evans and Sutherland.  OpenGL is a
vendor neutral application programming interface developing 2D and 3D graphics
applications that are highly portable to a variety of computing environments
from PCs to workstations.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ CD-ROM.  Future updates will be made available
via the World Wide Web.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/  All of the OpenGL binaries are encrypted.  A key for
decryption is provided with the media kit.  The encryption is not DES so
shipment overseas is allowed.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ OpenGL for Linux was been tested with kernel revisions
from 1.0 to 1.2.8.  It was compiled against XFree86-3.1.1 but you can also
re-link your GLX server against the new XFree86-3.1.2.  Recommended platforms:
486/33 ISA, 8 megabytes of ram, SVGA video.  Best tested was a Pentium/90 PCI,
16 megabytes of RAM with an ATI Mach 64 PCI video.

<tag/Documentation:/ Complete OpenGL man pages.  References to OpenGL
publications.

<tag/Product Support:/ OpenGL for Linux from Evans and Sutherland is 79 U.S.
dollars.  Support is by e-mail only.  This is to keep product cost down.  The
product passes conformance so very little problems have been reported.  If you
are currently running XFree86, you shouldn't have any problems.  As updates
and enhancements or demos are released, they will be provided for free via
WWW server.

<tag/Linux Support:/ OpenGL for Linux isn't bundled with Linux releases.

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ It includes the complete XFree86-3.1.1
source and binary trees.  It also includes a special OpenGL LinkKit.  This
LinkKit is used to reconfigure and re-compile your server if you need to.
With this you can upgrade to new video drivers or add the GLX extension to
XFree86-3.1.2 package.

<tag/Available Since:/ OpenGL for Linux from Evans and Sutherland has been
available since June of 1995.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ Even with encryption, shipments can be
made to most overseas markets.  Currently, the only distribution channel is
Portable Graphics Inc. in Austin Texas.

<tag/Price Range:/ The cost for this package is 79 U.S. dollars.

<tag/Installed Base:/

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Portable Graphics
P. O. Box 161002
Austin, TX 78716
Phone: [phone]
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-Mail: [e-mail]
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ June 11, 1996.

</descrip>

<sect2>X Inside X Servers
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ Replacement X Server for the XFree86
and other Servers for Linux.  Supports Actix,
ColorGraphics, Compaq, ELSA, Matrox, Number 9, ATI,
Boca, Diamond, Orchid, Reveal, STB, TechWorks.
Chipsets include Matrox, Number 9 Imagine-128, ATI
Mach64, S3 964.  Supports Mouse Systems, Microsoft,
Logitech mice.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ single floppy diskette

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Per cpu license.  Site licenses
available.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Tested on versions of Linux
between 1.0.8 and 1.1.18.  No known problems with any
Linux distribution.  Requires around 3MB hard disk.
Best used with a mouse...

<tag/Documentation:/ Postscript formatted manual
available via FTP from
<htmlurl url = "ftp://ftp.xinside.com/accelx/1.0/Manual"
name = "ftp://ftp.xinside.com/accelx/1.0/Manual">.
Hardcopy shipped with first copy of Server
license.

<tag/Product Support:/ Installation support included in
price; available by email, Fax (and by phone if we have
to).

Update service available, US$100 for four
revisions a year, to track new chipsets and other
performance improvements.  US$50 to upgrade to
specified revision (e.g. 1.1 to 1.2).

Product automatically sends email on failure.  We may
respond to a problem before you know you have it!

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ Various extensions
will be offered, starting with PEX.

<tag/Available Since:/ May 94

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ Distribution
currently in negotiation. Complete information
available via FTP from
<htmlurl url= "ftp://ftp.xinside.com/accelx/1.0/All/prodinfo.txt"
name = "ftp://ftp.xinside.com/accelx/1.0/All/prodinfo.txt">.
Europe: Delix Computers, Stuttgart

<tag/Price Range:/ US$199.00.  Student, academic
and VAR discount programs.  Student discount is
20% for Release 1.0 and 50% for Release
1.1.  Post & Packing is between US$3 for US
Mail to US$15 for Next Day delivery. Delix:
Accelerated X  DEM 159,
Motif 2.0 DEM 259.


<tag/Installed Base:/

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
X Inside Incorporated
P.O. Box 10774
Golden, CO 80401-0610, USA
Phone:  [phone]
Fax:    [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Europe:
delix Computer GmbH
Schloss-Str. 98
D-70176 Stuttgart, Germany
Phone: [phone]
Fax:   [phone]
E-mail:    [e-mail]
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ April 7,1995

</descrip>
<!--  Other Software  #############################################
-->

<sect1>Other Software

<p>
Everything else that does not fit in one of the other
sections by now.



<sect2>Abuse
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ Abuse is a high-tech extremely fun action game using a
classic side-scroller derivative format.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ The Registered Linux version is available on CDROM.
The Shareware Linux version is available from
<htmlurl url = "http://crack.com" name = "http://crack.com">

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ The Shareware Linux version can be distributed without
profit for free.  The Shareware Linux version can be distributed for profit
by asking Crack dot Com for permission.  The Registered Linux version can be
distributed for profit by opening a discussion with
<htmlurl url = "mailto:[e-mail]" name = "[e-mail]">.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ 8Mb, X11R6, harddisk usage minimal.

<tag/Documentation:/ Online available with shareware and registered versions.

<tag/Product Support:/ E-mail support via
<htmlurl url = "mailto:[e-mail]" name = "[e-mail]">.
Phone tech support for registered versions only.

<tag/Linux Support:/ None.

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ None.

<tag/Available Since:/ October, 1995.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/

<tag/Price Range:/ US$45 + shipping from 1 800 810 0022.  Can also order
through <htmlurl url = "mailto:[e-mail]" name = "[e-mail]">.
See shareware order.txt file for more details.

<tag/Installed Base:/ Large but unknown.

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>

Crack dot Com
PO Box 163025
Austin, TX  78716-3025
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone] (orders only)
Contact: Dave Taylor
E-mail: [e-mail]
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ June 13, 1996.

</descrip>

<sect2>Amadeus music software
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ Fully professional music notation
and printing software. Supports MIDI-interface for
realtime and step input. Printer drivers to some
matrix-, Ink-jet and Laserprinters. Supports postscript
translation for output on PS-printers or use in
Ghostscript for printing on any printer supported by
GS. Supports TIFF (import and export). The
functionality is somewhat roff or TEX look a
like. ASCII-files (one per system) containing source
are processed into files, containing one page each,
wich can be converted into graphic files for viewing or
editing on screen or printing, or into other formats as
PS or TIFF.  The software is highly automated in the
actual note drawing. This makes it possible for blind
musicians to print music for seeing if they use a
blindsign-display to handle the computer.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ Diskettes in tar-format
(About 10)

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Strictly commercial. No demo at
hand. Postcriptfile with detailed information and lots
of music examples available. Post a message to <htmlurl
url="mailto:[e-mail]" name="[e-mail]"> and it
will be sent to you.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Package contains kernel. XFree86
needed (not for blind users). 8Mb RAM, about 20 Mb HD.

<tag/Documentation:/ Doc. in English and German.

<tag/Product Support:/ Support via Tel. or Fax. Support
free if the information not is available in the
manuals. Uppdates about once a year, prices varies.

<tag/Linux Support:/ Only if it is strictly related to
the software

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ Are developed if
requested. Price related to the work needed.

<tag/Available Since:/ March 1994

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ Directly to the
intire world from the developer except for
Scandivia. For Scandinavian customers: see Vendor

<tag/Price Range:/ DEM 4000; Blind version DEM 6500;
Upgrade from the Idris-version (Atari) DEM 2000

<tag/Installed Base:/ N/A

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Wolfgang Hamann
Amadeus Notenzats
Winterstr. 5
D-81543 Muenchen, Germany
Phone:    [phone]
Fax:    [phone]
Contact: Wolfgang Hamann

Scandinavian customers and e-mail:
Jerker Elsgard
MIDIBIT AB
Box 161
S-618 23 KOLMARDEN, Sweden
Phone/Fax: [phone]
Contact: Jerker Elsgard
E-mail:  [e-mail]
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ April 5, 1995

</descrip>
<sect2>aqua_zis
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/(Time Series Information System). A
system to store and maintain huge amounts of
measurement data (mainly hydrological data). Time
series with several 100,000's of values can be handled.
You may retrieve, edit and insert data very fast. A lot
of statistical and arithmetical operators are
applicable. Time series may be visualized in a full
scale GUI, includeing high performance zooming ans
scrolling. The user may define individual GUI's in an
easy script language and with the time series
programming language Azur. Reports on any paper size
including full graphics are possible through Azur.
Output is produced in Postscript and HPGL formats.

<tag/Distribution Media:/We install at your site. Demo
disk available (<em/tar/)

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ machine or site licenses
available. Test licenses are limited in time.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Linux version 0.99pl6 or later.
Motif required if you use the GUI features. When set up
as a time series database server, no graphics is
needed. RAM usage 8 -- 16 MB. Disk space required: some
15 MB for executables and help files. For the data:
several GB's.

<tag/Documentation:/ printed manuals covering end user
and admin tools (English version soon to appear).
Program documentation and design available only in
English.

<tag/Product Support:/ 12 months warranty, maintenance
contract recommended. One day training at your site
included.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ aqua_trop precipitaion
reconstrucion tool using GIS methods. DigiTul
digitizing of precipitaion, water-level etc. paper
registrations. aqua_log gound water data management.

<tag/Available Since:/ Jan 1994

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ Germany, Austria, soon EC.

<tag/Price Range:/ machine license: 39,000 DM, multiple
machines: graduated discounts, site licenses on
request, reasonable discout for universities.

<tag/Installed Base:/ some 4 Linux-only systems are running.

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
aqua_plan
Ing.-Ges. fuer Problemloesungen
in Hydrologie und Umweltschutz mbH
Mozartstr. 16
D-52064 Aachen, Germany
Phone:  [phone]
Fax:    [phone]
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ Aug 26, 1994

</descrip>






<sect2>ChemApp
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ ChemApp is an object library of subroutines that enables
a user to apply the powerful calculation capabilities of ChemSage via an
easily programmable interface.  It fills the need for a flexible tool to
allow ChemSage complex chemical equilibrium calculations for multicomponent,
multiphase mixtures to be included into other programs.<p>
ChemApp can be used to design application-specific programs for process
simulation, modeling or control; or to develop your own teaching program.<p>
It can be added as a module to third-party process simulation packages; for
example, to commercial CFD programs, to general simulation programs, or to
your own company's program.<p>
For more information, visit our
<htmlurl url = "http://gttserv.lth.rwth-aachen.de/~sp/tt/"
name = "World Wide Web site">.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ 1 diskette.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ ChemApp is available for general use under licence,
and under royalty terms for integration into third-party packages.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Kernel version >= 1.2.13 (might work with earlier
versions too)

<tag/Documentation:/ Printed documentation (English).

<tag/Product Support:/ Full product support (incl. update service, technical
support via EMail, fax, phone).  Prices for maintenance, training, and
thermochemical data for use with ChemApp on request.

<tag/Linux Support:/ Only for problems concerning Linux ChemApp.

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ Prices for custom additions to ChemApp (e.g.
user-specific solution models) upon request.

<tag/Available Since:/ Spring 1996.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/  Worldwide, manufacturer in Germany,
distribution partners in USA, Finland, Japan, France, U.K., Czech Republic.

<tag/Price Range:/ Annual licence:    DM 5,000  - 11,000&nl;
Perpetual licence: DM 12,500 - 27,500<p>
Reduced prices for universities and recognized national research institutions.

<tag/Installed Base:/ N/A

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
GTT-Technologies
Kaiserstrasse 100
52134 Herzogenrath
Germany
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Contact: Bob Fullerton-Batten (licencing),
    Dr. Stephan Petersen (technical)
EMail:
WWW: http://gttserv.lth.rwth-aachen.de/~sp/tt/
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ June 24, 1996.

</descrip>

<sect2>CLiX
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ CliX is a OSF/Motif based desktop
available for almost any UNIX platform, providing
support for remote and local file and directory
manipulations, handling print and batch queues and
message based communication.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ Free Demo without network and
batch functionality available via FTP from
<htmlurl url="ftp://ftp.science-computing.uni-tuebingen.de/pub/clix-light/"
name = "ftp://ftp.science-computing.uni-tuebingen.de/pub/clix-light/">.
Floppy version on request.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Free demo without remote
functionality, full commercial version available on
request.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Kernel 1.2, XFree86 3.1, 16 MB RAM min

<tag/Documentation:/ Full version: printed
documentation, approx 150 pages, online help. Free
version: german docu without figures on ftp server.

<tag/Product Support:/No support for free
version. Commercial version: Hotline, classes.. on
request

<tag/Linux Support:/ Not appropriate

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ Not appropriate

<tag/Available Since:/ May 1995.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ World.

<tag/Price Range:/ Free Demo.
Full Version (Linux) DEM 1000. Domain licenses available.
Special discount (approx. 70 %) for educational sites.

<tag/Installed Base:/ N/A

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
science + computing GmbH
Hagellocher Weg 71
D-72070 Tuebingen, Germany
Phone:  [phone]
Fax:    [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
WWW:     http://www.science-computing.uni-tuebingen.de/
Contact: Olaf Flebbe
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ August 15,1995

</descrip>
<sect2>Emulus
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ Emulus is an X-Windows/Motif application which uses TCP/IP
to establish a connection to an IBM mainframe host, emulating a 3270 terminal.
Emulus supports mainframe graphics, including 3270 graphics datastream
extension used by mainframe SAS Software.  Other features include
customization through dialogs, a scripting facility to record and playback
host interaction, EasyPads (customized windows of buttons), and cut and paste
between Emulus and other X applications.  Emulus also comes with Helplus, an
hypertext help viewer modeled after WinHelp.  It is used to provide online
help for Emulus, but can also be used to develop Help for other X applications.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ CD-ROM only.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Licensing is per CPU.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Linux 1.2 or higher, 8-16 MByte RAM, 5 MByte HardDisk;
Motif statically linked.

<tag/Documentation:/ Printed book, man pages, on-line help, English.

<tag/Product Support:/ Technical Support from SAS Institute.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/

<tag/Available Since:/

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/

<tag/Price Range:/ US $99; includes hardcopy documentation, and Technical
Support for one year.

<tag/Installed Base:/ N/A

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
SAS Institute Inc., USA
Book Sales Division
Phone: [phone]
Fax:
Contact: Phil Herold
E-mail: [e-mail]
WWW: http://www.sas.com
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ June 13, 1996.

</descrip>


<sect2>Executor
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ Commercial Macintosh Emulator.  Fast
CPU Emulation (75 MHz 486DX4 approximates 25 MHz
68040).  Allows many Macintosh applications, including
Word 5 and Excel 4 to run without requiring anything
from Apple.  Reads, Writes and Formats 1.4 MB Macintosh
formatted floppies.  Reads and Writes SCSI Macintosh
disks.  Reads Macintosh formatted CD-ROMs.  Color
support, Prints to PostScript printers.  Has demo
applications so you can run it with no Macintosh
experience.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ Electronic now, CD-ROM when 2.0 ships

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Executor for Linux can be found in
<htmlurl url = "ftp://ftp.ardi.com/pub/ExecutorLinux"
name = "ftp://ftp.ardi.com/pub/ExecutorLinux">.
It has a ten minute time limit that can be removed via a serial
number and authorization key.  There are enough incompatibilities
that potential customers are strongly encouraged to examine the
Executor in its time limited demo form before ordering.  However,
we offer a 30 day unconditional money back guarantee.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Is known to work with kernel
1.2.0.  Standard distribution takes about 7 MB.  Needs
8 MB of its own RAM to run quickly. The demo version is
dynamically linked with the XFree86 3.1 libraries and
with libc/libm-4.5.26.

<tag/Documentation:/
English FAQ at
<htmlurl url = "ftp://ftp.ardi.com/pub/executor-faq.ascii"
name = "ftp://ftp.ardi.com/pub/executor-faq.ascii">.

<tag/Product Support:/Free upgrades to licensees of
1.99<x>, up to and including the first official release
of Executor for Linux: Executor/Linux 2.0.

<tag/Linux Support:/ <htmlurl url = "mailto:[e-mail]"
name = "[e-mail]">

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ N/A

<tag/Available Since:/ Has been in pre-beta since March
of 1995.  Is expected to be officially released in
November of 1995.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ Current pre-beta
releases are available only directly from us.  Within
six months of 2.0's release we will probably have
distribution worldwide.

<tag/Price Range:/Pre-beta copies are available for
USD49 for students, faculty and staff of educational
institutions, USD99 for everyone else.  These prices
are good at least until September 15.  Somtime soon
thereafter the suggested retail price for the
non-educational license will be USD249.  The
educational price will rise significantly, also.

<tag/Installed Base:/ 129 Linux users as of August 12,
1995.  Many more DOS and NEXTSTEP users.

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
ARDI
Suite 4-101
1650 University Blvd., NE
Albuquerque, NM 87102, USA
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Contact:
E-mail: [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ August 15, 1995.

</descrip>

<sect2>Mazama Packet Filter
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ The Mazama Packet Filter is a
Linux-based IP packet filtering or firewall
application.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ The Mazama Packet Filter
package is distributed on 1 (one) floppy (3.5") disk.
Also included is the latest version of the InfoMagic
CD-ROM Linux distribution.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Evaluation copies are available
on request, and will be distributed based solely on our
evaluation of the potential client.  Source code will
not be distributed with the eval version (but with the
production version. hm)

<tag/OS Provisions:/ kernel version: 1.2.1 through
1.2.8, support for later versions available as they
surface. We track kernel versions closely. RAM:
min. 8MB, suggested 16+MB. Hard disk: MPF software <
2MB. Recommend total at least 250MB, (accounts for log
file disk space requirements). The MPF package includes
the InfoMagic Linux distribution which includes all
necessary source for the kernel. The MPF installation
also provides patches for versions 1.2.0 through 1.2.8,
(see above) to update the kernel for compatibility with
the MPF.

<tag/Documentation:/ Printed and bound documentation,
as well as online html version.  Online version
available at <url url="http://www.mazama.com/"
name="Mazama Web Site">.  English language only
currently.

<tag/Product Support:/Free updates via anonymous ftp.
E-mail and phone support.  Training and consulting
available on request.  Inquire about prices.

<tag/Linux Support:/ Linux support, training, and
configuration assistance available on request.  Once
again, inquire about prices.

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ none.

<tag/Available Since:/ May 15, 1995

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ We are currently
negotiating with several foreign distributors.

<tag/Price Range:/ Mazama Packet Filter: USD750.
Mazama Enterprize Firewall: USD1500

<tag/Installed Base:/ 5 copies currently in circulation.

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Mazama Software Labs, Inc.
15600 NE 8th St., Suite B1 #544
Bellevue, WA 98008
Phone: [phone]
Fax:
Contact: Eric D. Berg
E-mail: [e-mail] (general inquiries),
    [e-mail] (tech support)
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ June 9, 1995

</descrip>
<sect2>PROCHEM-C
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/
PROCHEM-C is an integrated Software System for users dealing
with design, construction, maintenance, operation and control
of plants in the fields of&nl;

- Pipeline Construction    &nl;
- Chemical & Pharmaceutical Industry&nl;
- Power Plant Construction &nl;
- Petrochemical Industry&nl;
- Food Processing          &nl;
- Environment Technology


<tag/Distribution Media:/ DAT or QIC150

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ per Workstation or Server-Licence

<tag/OS Provisions:/
kernel version 1.0 , modified portmapper/mount
XFree86 Version 2.1, Motif Version 1.2.3,
RAM : 32 - 64 MByte  (min. 16 MByte)
DISK: 1 GByte        (min. 500 MByte)
Swap 120 MByte (min. 80 MByte)

<tag/Documentation:/
ON-Line integrated in PROCHEM-C (printed optional)
ca. 1700 Pages. German or English.

<tag/Product Support:/Update Service : All 3 Months or on User-request.
Prices for Maintenance and Training on request.

<tag/Linux Support:/ Only for Problems concerning LINUX <--> PROCHEM-C

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ N/A

<tag/Available Since:/ 1983,  LINUX Version since 1993

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ N/A

<tag/Price Range:/ DEM 2,000 to DEM 65,000
(i.a.w. amount of features. hm)

<tag/Installed Base:/ N/A

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
COMPLANSOFT CAD GmbH
Sulzbacher Strasse 15 - 21
D-65812 Bad Soden, Germany
Phone:     [phone]
Fax :     [phone]
Contact : Chris Chirila
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ April 6, 1995

</descrip>
<sect2>ROSIN NC
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ ROSIN-NC-Werkbank (<em/ger/:
workbench) The ROSIN-NC-Werkbank is a comprehensive set
of tools which accomplish a CAD system. These tools
comprise the ROSIN-VDAFS-Processor to process digitised
data, and data in the VDAFS format; the ROSIN-Post
Processors to generate 2- to 5-axis milling programs
for all major CNC process controls; the ROSIN-NC-Editor
to analyse and edit existing NC programs; the
ROSIN-NC-Visualiser to visualise the tool path and
generate printed information about a NC program; the
ROSIN-Engraver to mill logos or fonts of any kind.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ Tapes (DAT, QuarterInch) or floppy disk

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ All tools of the
ROSIN-NC-Werkbank are independently licensed via the
ROSIN License System, the customer gets a production
license for each purchased tool. The combination of
license types with different tools is possible. There
are individual licenses for single users, 2-5 users
etc. Please consult vendor for more information.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Kernel Version higher or equal to
0.99pl14; Motif; RAM 16 MByte, recommended 20 MByte;
the necessary disk space for a complete installation
with all tools is 25 MByte. It is recommended to ensure
a free disk space of at least 1,5 times the size of the
input file(s).

<tag/Documentation:/ An Online Help Function is
available with all tools.  With the purchase of each
tool a manual is supplied in the language chosen by the
customer (languages available: German, English, French
and Italian, other languages on request).  Size of
manuals: Depending on the tool from 60 to 170 pages
each.

<tag/Product Support:/ Maintenance contracts are
offered for all tools and cost 1,3% per month of the
license price.  With a maintenance contract the
customer gets regular product updates and manual
updates. Migration to a different hardware platform is
significantly cheaper (3% of the license price instead
of 12% for customers without maintenance contract). The
telephone hotline is free of charge.  Our telephone
hotline is available from 8.30 to 17.00 MET, languages
are German and English.  We offer special prices for
product installation and training courses (75% of the
normal service prices) for product customers.  Prices
for product updates can be provided on request.

<tag/Linux Support:/ (there was no "official" statement
by ROSIN, however, I was told on the phone that ROSIN
ships complete systems with pre-installed software, and
that they would offer limited Linux support as far as
handling their software is concerned. hm)

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ N/A

<tag/Available Since:/ 1994

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ Germany, France and
Mexico (please consult vendor for more information). We
are looking for distributors in the UK, Spain and
Italy.

<tag/Price Range:/ The lower prices (in DM) are for Single User
Licenses, the higher ones for Multi User Licenses,
floating type. Prices for all other licenses are
included in this price range.

ROSIN-VDAFS-Processor       7500    to  9750
ROSIN-3-axis Post Processor 4500    to    11050
ROSIN-5-axis Post Processor 13500   to    32500
ROSIN-NC-Editor            7500    to    9750
ROSIN-NC-Visualiser        3500    to    4550
ROSIN-Engraver            1500    to    1950

<tag/Installed Base:/

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
ROSIN Gesellschaft fuer technische Datenverarbeitung mbH
Roniger Weg 13
D-53545 Linz am Rhein, Germany
Phone:  [phone]
Fax:    [phone]
Contact: Gisela Buechner (Marketing)
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ Sep 19, 1994

</descrip>



<sect2>SPATCH
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ SPATCH software allows alphanumeric paging from a Linux system.
With SPATCH, Linux users can send text messages to alphanumeric
pagers from a user, an application, an operating system, or an
E-Mail System.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ 3.5" Disk, File Transfer

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ 30 Day Evaluation Kits are available.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ N/A

<tag/Documentation:/ SPATCH includes printed documentation for installation and use.

<tag/Product Support:/Installation support is provided free of charge.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ SPATCH SECURITY
(USD149) Used by ISPs to prevent unauthorized access to
SPATCH.  SPATCH CALL COUNT REPORTING (USD99) Used by
ISPs for reporting and billing of call counts.


<tag/Available Since:/ July 1995

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/

<tag/Price Range:/ USD199 - USD999

<tag/Installed Base:/ Currently SPATCH is installed on 2 Linux systems.

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
The Hyde Company, Inc.
P.O. Box 900190
Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
Phone:  [phone]
Fax:    N/A
Contact: Alan Lewis
E-mail: [e-mail]
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ August 15, 1995

</descrip>
<sect2>Unix Cockpit
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/
The Unix Cockpit (UC) is a nifty new file manager for Unix/X11 that smoothly
integrates a directory tree, file browsers, custom menus and the classic
Unix shells into one highly customizable productivity tool of a kind long
missed on Unix systems.

<tag/Distribution Media:/
anon. ftp from ftp.uu.net (192.48.96.9), directory /vendor/UniX11/linux.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/
On Linux, USD25 shareware. For the people who wrote Linux, free.

<tag/OS Provisions:/
Kernel 1.0.8 or higher. Small, single file executable (500k). No installation
necessary.

<tag/Documentation:/
Fully indexed, postscript version of tutorial is available via ftp.
Tutorial is also available online from within UC. UC has full context
sensitive online help. The language used is English.

<tag/Product Support:/
Small updates and bug fixes are free and made available via ftp.
Extra support is via email courtesy support hotline at [e-mail].
Special training/installation help on request.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ N/A

<tag/Available Since:/
The Linux version is beta testing since 11/94. The SGI versions have been
shipping since 9/94. SunOS, HP & DEC Alpha versions are in beta, too.

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/
All distribution goes over the internet.

<tag/Price Range:/
USD25 shareware.

<tag/Installed Base:/
It is still a beta version, which is free, so no Linux copies have sold.
Quite a few beta testers, though.

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Henrik Klagges
UniX11 Software Development Corp
Moorbachweg 7
D-83209 Prien, Germany
E-mail: [e-mail]
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ April 5, 1995

</descrip>
<sect2>Unix Auto-Tutor
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ Unix Auto-Tutor is an automatic Unix tutor -- a comprehensive,
fully interactive, self-teaching CBT system for Unix training.
It is organized like a traditional textbook with hypertext pages.
Currently it has 9 chapters and 76 sections with 87 interactive
tutorial sessions attached to its hypertext pages. More than 150
Unix commands, such as find, grep, sort, sed, awk and vi, are
introduced. Can be used to provide in-house training or on-line
training through BBS or Internet.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ 3.5" diskettes.

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Per CPU with the number of
users purchased, eg. 2 user edition would limit 2 users
at a time.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Kernel version .99 or higher,
runable under xterm, Motif version is under
construction, 300k RAM and 1.2M harddisk usage.

<tag/Documentation:/ A 185+ page hardcopy of the
on-line hypertext, online help available, all in
English.

<tag/Product Support:/90 days free telephone and e-mail support. Instructor-led Unix
training based on the Auto-Tutor is also available in house.

<tag/Linux Support:/ No support for Linux OS itself.

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ Additional copies of
the textbooks are available at USD25  each.

<tag/Available Since:/ March 1995

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ Direct sales world wide.

<tag/Price Range:/ Single User Edition: USD199 per CPU
(for individual only). USD299 per CPU (for business). Add
USD100 for each additional user. Shipping is
additional.

<tag/Installed Base:/ N/A

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Sunny Micro Lab
1300 Britannia Road East, Suite #208
Mississauga, Ontario L4W 1C8, Canada
Phone: [phone]
Fax:   [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]  or  [e-mail]
Contact:  Mo Chen
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ August 15, 1995

</descrip>


<!--  Free Software for Commercial HW  #############################################
-->

<sect1>Free Software for Commercial Hardware

<p>This section is somewhat ``exotic''.  It covers free
Linux software (drivers et cetera) for specialized
hardware.  This is no ``commercial software'', however,
the software is unusable without the hardware.


<sect2>Cyclades Cyclom-Y
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ Cyclom-Y is serial multiport card
for ISA/EISA PC's. 8 and 16-port models are available.
There are RJ-12 and DB-25 connector options.  It is
based on the Cirrus Logic CD1400 serial processor. This
RISC-based processor supports on-board character
processing and allows speeds up to 115.2 kbps. Drivers
for Xenix, SCO, ISC and UnixWare are available from
Cyclades. There is a driver for Linux available in the
Internet. Board variants: Cyclom-8Ys: 8 ports, RJ-12
connectors (no RTS signal); Cyclom-8Yo: 8 ports, DB-25
connectors in a octopus cable (full-modem); Cyclom-8Yb:
8 ports, DB-25 connectors in a external box
(full-modem); Cyclom-8Yb+: 8 ports, same as 8Yb with
surge protection; Cyclom-16Y: 16 ports, DB-25
connectors in a external box (full-modem).

<tag/Distribution Media:/ 3.5" diskettes

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ The Linux device driver
software is free and is available via FTP from
<htmlurl url="ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/misc"
name = "ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/misc">.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ (the driver is available as a
patch relative to Linux 1.1.8. A driver for newer
kernels is under development. hm)

<tag/Documentation:/ The user's manual contains all the
reference information to configure and install the
card. Specific information about the Linux driver can
be found in readme files.

<tag/Product Support:/ SW updates from Internet.
Cyclades will provide technical support on the
hardware, but the driver is a freeware and is provided
"as is". Cyclades makes no warranties about the
suitability of this software for any purposes.  Some
companies bundle the driver in their Linux
distributions and can help in the installation and
configuration of the card.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ N/A

<tag/Available Since:/ July 1994

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ worldwide

<tag/Price Range:/
<tscreen><verb>
List Price (end user):

CYCLOM 8YS $459
CYCLOM-8YO $549
CYCLOM-8YB $599
CYCLOM-8YB+ $699
CYCLOM-16Y/DB25 $794

Promotion for resellers only (first-time buyer):
CYCLOM 8YS $99
CYCLOM-8YO $199
CYCLOM-16Y/DB25    $399

NOTE:  All prices are F.O.B. Fremont, CA, USA
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Installed Base:/

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Cyclades Corporation.
44140 Old Warm Springs Blvd
Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Phone:  [phone] or [phone]
Fax:    [phone]
E-Mail: [e-mail]
Contact: Doris Li (Sales and Marketing).

Distributor for Germany:
roka EDV und Datenkommunikationsberatung GmbH
Elbestr. 25
D-47800 Krefeld, Germany
Phone: [phone]
Fax:   [phone]
Contact: Bernward Averwald
E-Mail: [e-mail]

</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ Sep 24, 1994

</descrip>




<sect2>Stallion Technologies Multiport Serial Boards
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ (Stallion Technologies sent me a
vast amount of data concerning their 4 thru 64 port
boards. Too much to print here, really. Basically,
there's the EasyIO series with 4 or 8 ports, the
EasyConnection 8/32 with 8 to 32 ports and
EasyConnection 8/64 with up to 64 connections.  The
Stallion Linux drivers also support the older ranges of
Stallion Technologies boards, including the ONboard,
Brumby and original Stallion familys of boards.  Please
contact vendor for more information. hm)

<tag/Distribution Media:/ 3.5" diskettes for supported
operating systems (including SCO UNIX and XENIX,
UnixWare, SVR4.x, Interactive Unix, NetWare Connect
V1.0 or higher, NACS V3.0 and higher, MS-DOS, OS2).
Linux drivers available from Internet archive sites,
<htmlurl url="ftp://stallion.com/" name="stallion.com">,
<htmlurl url="ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/"
name="sunsite.unc.edu">, <htmlurl
url="ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/" name="tsx-11.mit.edu"> and
their mirrors. (Note the Linux driver is not supported
by Stallion Technologies).

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ The Linux driver is available
at no charge and is copyrighted under the GNU General
Public License.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ The most current driver supports
kernel versions 1.2.5 and later.  The drivers are
updated regularly to keep pace with kernel changes.

<tag/Documentation:/ Hardware reference documentation
provided with the boards. The The Linux driver package
contains a README file with driver installation and
usage information.

<tag/Product Support:/Stallion Technologies does not
support the Stallion board Linux drivers. They were
developed independently of Stallion Tecnologies.
Stallion Technologies will provide support for their
hardware.

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ N/A

<tag/Available Since:/ October 1994

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ Worldwide
distribution. Available in most countries.

<tag/Price Range:/ Prices for the serial boards vary
from country to country. Contact your nearest Stallion
Technolgies office for local availability and
pricing. The driver package contains a file with all
Stallion Technologies offices.

<tag/Installed Base:/ N/A

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Stallion Technologies Pty Ltd.
56 Sylvan Rd
Toowong, QLD, 4066, Australia
Phone: [phone]
Fax:   [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ June 9, 1995

</descrip>
<!--  German  #############################################
-->


<sect1>German corner

<p>This section contains software which is only
marketed in Germany and/or other German-speaking
countries or which is otherwise specific for Germany or
German-speaking countries.  The companies listed here
sent me entries in German...

<p>Dieser Abschnitt enthaelt Software, die nur in
Deutschland und oder anderen deutschsprachigen
Laendern vertrieben wird, oder die anderweitig
spezifisch fuer den deutschen oder deutschsprachigen
Raum ist.  Die hier gelisteten Firmen
schickten mir deutsche Eintraege...


<sect2>BBSD-Druckerei
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/
BBSD-Druckerei bietet alle erdenkliche Funktionalitaet, die zur
Verwaltung in kleinen und mittleren Druckereien benoetigt wird:

<itemize>

<item>Verwaltung von Papieren zur Kalkulation und zur Lagerverwaltung
<item>Kundenverwaltung
<item>Erstellung von Kalkulationsboegen
<item>Erstellung von Angeboten mit Staffelpreisen etc.
<item>Erstellung von Auftragstaschen
<item>Erstellung von Rechnungen
<item>Drucken von Etiketten
<item>Listen ueber alle erfassten und verwalteten Daten
</itemize>

BBSD-Druckerei arbeitet mit einer Textoberflaeche, so dass fuer die
meisten Arbeitsplaetze nur einfache ASCII-Terminals angeschafft werden
muessen. Allerdings existieren auch Schnittstellen zu PC's, so dass
eine problemlose Datenuebernahme - bspw. aus der Kundenverwaltung in
eine PC-Textverarbeitung (Serienbriefe!?) - moeglich ist.

<tag/Distribution Media:/ Disketten, DAT

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Die SW wird nur kommerziell
vertrieben. Eine Praesentation kann nach Absprache bei
uns oder bei dem Kunden vorgenommen werden.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Kernel Version 1.2, mind. 8 MB RAM
und 0,5 MB RAM je Benutzer

<tag/Documentation:/ Deutsches Handbuch, Online-Hilfe

<tag/Product Support:/ Update-Service, Schulung, persoenliche Betreuung, Fernwartung

<tag/Linux Support:/ N/A

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/ N/A

<tag/Available Since:/ Juni 1995

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ Deutschland

<tag/Price Range:/ DEM 2000 (abhaengig von kundenspezifischen Anpassungen)

<tag/Installed Base:/ (am 02.08.95) >= 4

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
Baastrup & Bayard GbR Software Design
Mallinckrodtstr. 7
44145 Dortmund
Phone:  [phone]
Fax:    [phone]
E-Mail: [e-mail]
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ September 14, 1995

</descrip>

<sect2>Orgaplus
<p><descrip>

<tag/Description:/ Orgaplus vertreibt eine ganze
Auswahl branchenspezifischer Loesungen:
<itemize>
<item>J5 - Projektmanagement & Controlling fuer Agenturen und Projektierende Unternehmen (ab DM 6000,-)
<item>netConnect - Kabelmanagement & Endstellenverwaltung (ab DM 5500,-)
<item>R4 - Warenwirtschaft fuer den Reifenhandel (ab DM 6500,-)
<item>W5 - Warenwirtschaft (ab DM 6500,-)
<item>S2 - Technik / Wartung / Service (ab DM 3500,-)
<item>M3 - Menue- & Security-Management entspr. ISO 9000 Audit Vorschriften (ab DM 850,-)
<item>F4 - Finanzbuchhaltung (ab DM 1750,-)
<item>APAS - Lohn & Gehalt mit Voll-DUEVO. AOK-Systemgeprueft (ab DM 2800,-)
<item>A7 - Vertrieb- & Marketingmanagement (ab DM 1250,-)
<item>T5 - Textverarbeitung (integriert in die opus Software) (ab DM 300,-)
<item>G4 - Reportgenerator fuer den Sachbearbeiter (ab DM 1500,-)
<item>V2 - Versandpapierschreibung, Zollabwicklung (ab DM 4500,-)
<item>B2 - Anlagenbuchhaltung (ab DM 2500,-)
<item>K4 - Kostenrechnung (ab DM 4500,-)
<item>E2 - Elektronische Archivierung (ab DM 20000,-)
<item>Data Dictionary (ab DM 4500,-)
<item>Klassenbibliothek (ab DM 8500,-)
<item>Programmgenerator (ab DM 12500,-)
<item>Maskengenerator Text + GUI (ab DM 2500,-)
</itemize>

<tag/Distribution Media:/ Disketten, DAT

<tag/Licensing Policy:/ Demonstration erfolgt in
unserem Haus oder nach Vereinbarung,
Kurzpraesentation ueber WWW in Erstellung.

<tag/OS Provisions:/ Kernel Version 1.2, XFree86 alle
Versionen, Motif nicht noetig, mind. 8 MByte RAM,
mind. 30 MByte freien Speicherplatz.

<tag/Documentation:/ Deutsches Handbuch, selbst erweiterbare Online-Hilfe

<tag/Product Support:/ Update-Service, Schulung,
persoenliche und telefonische Betreuung, Fernwartung,
Fernschulung. Preise siehe beiliegendem
Honorarverzeichnis.

<tag/Linux Support:/ Installation von Linux, komplette
Einrichtung von Linux. Preisgestaltung nach Aufwand,
wegen unterschiedlichen Kundenanforderungen.

<tag/Extra Features and Add-Ons:/

<tag/Available Since:/ Maerz 1995

<tag/Countries with Distribution:/ Deutschland, Oesterreich, Schweiz, Niederlande

<tag/Price Range:/ User- und modulabhaengige Staffelung siehe Preisliste.

<tag/Installed Base:/

<tag/Vendor:/
<tscreen><verb>
orgaplus Software GmbH
Tel.:     [phone]
Fax:     [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
WWW:    http://www.orgaplus.de
Contact: Herr Michael Walz (Geschaeftsfuehrer),
     Herr Jaeger (Vertrieb)
</verb></tscreen>

<tag/Last modified:/ 10. Mai 1995

</descrip>

<sect>Support

<p>Who you're gonna call ...

<p>This section contains some
companies who provide for Linux support. The raw format is
as follows:

<verb>
Company name
Address
Phone
Fax
EMail
Contact
Type of support (via phone, e-mail, inhouse, training etc.)
sample prices
</verb>

<sect1>Companies
<p>The following list is virtually alphabetically
sorted. <p>


<itemize>

<item>
ARIS Technology, Inc.&nl;
Mississippi Research & Technology Park, Suite 204&nl;
Starkville, MS 39759, USA&nl;
Phone: [phone]&nl;
Fax: [phone]&nl;
EMail: <htmlurl url="mailto:[e-mail]" name="[e-mail]">&nl;
Contact: Dr. Michael L. Stokes&nl;
Type of support: Local Area networking support,
Linux/Unix/Windows compatibility software,
Custom software,
Web Authoring,
Internet Access(Broadband 65kpbs and above)&nl;
Sample prices: Technical support (USD25/hour).  For
Internet prices, see <htmlurl url="http://www.aris.com"
name="http://www.aris.com"> &nl;

<item>
Baastrup & Bayard GbR Software Design&nl;
Mallinckrodtstr. 7&nl;
D-44145 Dortmund, Germany&nl;
Phone:  [phone]&nl;
Fax:    [phone]&nl;
E-Mail: <htmlurl url="mailto:[e-mail]" name="[e-mail]">&nl;
Contact: Joern Baastrup or Bjoern Bayard&nl;

Type of support: We offer phone/EMail/inhouse support,
installation, ongoing administration, training,
consulting and support for porting existing
applications to LINUX.

Sample prices:&nl;
Installation/Administration support (via phone/EMail)       DM 100,00 / hour&nl;
Developer support                                           DM 135,00 / hour&nl;
Training (contracts with better conditions are possible)    DM 125,00 / hour&nl;
Consulting                                                  DM 140,00 / hour&nl;

Specialities: Development of business applications,
Workflow-Managment based on COSA by Software Ley GmbH,
WWW and EMail, "Plug & Play" LINUX-Workstations,
Cyclades Multiportcards, ISDN with LINUX &nl;

<item>
Bitbybit Information Systems&nl;
Radex Complex, Kluyverweg 2A &nl;
NL-2629 HT Delft, The Netherlands&nl;
Phone: ++31-15-682569&nl;
Fax: ++31-15-682530&nl;
EMail: <htmlurl url="mailto:[e-mail]" name="[e-mail]">&nl;
Contact: Ir. N. Simon&nl;
Type of support: On-site, Network &nl;
Sample prices: Hfl 120,- per hour.&nl;
Specialities: Installation, Internet
Connectivity. Consulting, Custom-Made Software,
Timetabling Systems, Database Interoperability.&nl;

<item>
ClearVu TWS&nl;
95 Clearview Drive&nl;
Christiansburg, VA 24073, USA&nl;
Phone: [phone]&nl;
EMail: <htmlurl url="mailto:[e-mail]" name="Thomas Dunbar">&nl;
Sample prices: EMail/phone USD70/hr; inhouse USD70/hr + traveling expenses&nl;
Speciality: custom typesetting systems&nl;

<item>
Couvares Consulting&nl;
146 Mill Lane&nl;
Amherst, MA 01002, USA&nl;
Phone: [phone]&nl;
EMail: <htmlurl url="mailto:[e-mail]" name="[e-mail]">&nl;
Contact: Peter F. Couvares&nl;
Type of support: We offer phone/EMail support, installation, ongoing
administration, training, programming, and specialized consulting
services for free-software, Linux, and other Unix environments.&nl;
Sample prices: USD50/hour commercial, USD25/hour
nonprofit, sliding scale for personal&nl;

<item>
Gregg Weber&nl;
1076 Carol Lane #3&nl;
Lafayette, CA 94549, USA&nl;
Phone: [phone]&nl;
EMail: <htmlurl url="mailto:[e-mail]" name="[e-mail]">&nl;
Contact: Gregg Weber&nl;
Type of support: ?&nl;
Sample prices: USD40/hour, or per job quote. Free initial discussion
of job requirements.&nl;
Specialities: Installation, problem solving, C and
assembly language programming, Embedded controller
microcoding, cumputer systems and peripheral electronic
design and development. Systems integration.  DOS,
MS-Windows, X Window System, Novell, Lantastic, internet
EMail&nl;

<item>
Frontier Internet Services Limited&nl;
Allied House&nl;
45 Hatton Garden&nl;
London EC1N 8EX, England&nl;
phone     [phone]&nl;
fax     [phone]&nl;
EMail:    <htmlurl url="mailto:[e-mail]" name="[e-mail]">&nl;
Contact: Gareth Bult, Piers Cawley&nl;
Type of support: All.&nl;
Sample prices: UKP250/day&nl;
Specialities: Internet Services Providers
Systems/Network Integraters (Unix/Novell/Windows)
General Consultancy&nl;

<item>
Le Reseau netwerksystemen BV&nl;
Burg. F. v. Ankenweg 5&nl;
NL-9991 AM Middelstum&nl;
The Netherlands&nl;
Phone: [phone]&nl;
Fax: [phone]&nl;
EMail: <htmlurl url = "mailto:[e-mail]" name = "[e-mail]">&nl;
WWW: <htmlurl url = "http://www.reseau.nl" name = "http://www.reseau.nl">&nl;
Contact: Arthur Donkers&nl;
Support: Phone, EMail, InHouse, software porting, software development,
plug-and-play Linux machines&nl;
Price: Support subscriptions for phone and EMail costs Dfl. 495/year, InHouse
support costs Dfl. 75 / hour.  Projects are done on a fixed price basis&nl;
Extra: Le Reseau also sells Linux CD Roms by InfoMagic, Red Hat, Walnut Creek
and Yggdrasil.  Le Reseau is an Caldera Business Partner for the
Netherlands.  Le Reseau is also the home for the Dutch linux mailinglists&nl;

<item>
LEMIS&nl;
Schellnhausen 2&nl;
D-36325 Feldatal, Germany&nl;
Phone: [phone]&nl;
Fax: [phone]&nl;
EMail: <htmlurl url="mailto:[e-mail]" name="[e-mail]">&nl;
Contact: Greg Lehey&nl;
Type of support: Phone, EMail, inhouse&nl;
Sample prices  Hotline: DEM 3 per minute or part
thereof; Contract: DEM 150/hour&nl;

<item>
Michael Koehne&nl;
Bremer Strasse 117&nl;
D-28816 Brinkum, Germany&nl;
Phone: +49 (0)421 / 87 55 00&nl;
Fax: +49 (0)421 / 87 55 51&nl;
EMail: <htmlurl
url="mailto:[e-mail]"
name="[e-mail]"> (private)&nl;
Type of support: N/A&nl;
Sample prices: to be negotiated&nl;
Specialities: Linux installation for database or internetworking use.
OS/2 and WfW conectivity. Applications for Getraenkegrosshaendler,
Buchhandlungen, Wasserwirtschaftsaemter.&nl;

<item>
Randysoft Software&nl;
286 Cresta Vista Way&nl;
San Jose, CA 95119, USA&nl;
Phone: [phone]&nl;
EMail: <htmlurl url="mailto:[e-mail]" name="[e-mail]">&nl;
Contact: Randy Hootman&nl;
Type of support: Via phone, e-mail, inhouse, training, software
development. C/C++, Perl, Shell, networking, internet, installation.&nl;
Sample prices: Prices vary according to type of work and length of contract.&nl;

<item>
Signum Support AB&nl;
Box 2044&nl;
S-580 02 Linkoping, Sweden&nl;
Phone:    [phone]&nl;
Fax:    [phone]&nl;
EMail: <htmlurl url="mailto:[e-mail]" name="[e-mail]">&nl;
Contact: <htmlurl url="mailto:[e-mail]" name="Magnus
Redin">, <htmlurl url="mailto:[e-mail]" name="Inge Wallin">&nl;
Type of support: Phone, fax and EMail support&nl;
Sample prices: Linux on CDROM with manual and installation support for one system,
SEK 1,380; Internet server with WWW, Gopher, FTP, Sendmail, News/INN and DNS with
administrationing tools that fits a pc system administrator and 40h
support, SEK 30,000&nl;
Specialities: Linux, GCC, CVS version management,
Emacs, Tcl/Tk and Internet services: WWW, Gopher, FTP, Sendmail,
News/INN&nl;

<item>
The Silk Road Group, Ltd.&nl;
13628 Bent Tree Circle #201&nl;
Centreville, VA 22020, USA&nl;
Phone: [phone]&nl;
Fax: [phone]&nl;
EMail: <htmlurl url="mailto:[e-mail]" name="[e-mail]">&nl;
Contact:Tim Bass&nl;
Sample Prices: subject to project and availability&nl;
Specialities: IP network management specialists using
Linux platforms for Internet Information Services,
including httpd servers, DNS and news servers, SMTP
mail relay hosts, IP firewalls. Large scale system and
network design and integration for large corporations
and goverment agencies.  Clients include the USAF and
the National Science Foundation.  More info on <htmlurl
url="http://www.silkroad.com/"
name="http://www.silkroad.com/">&nl;

<item>
Systems Software&nl;
22 Irvington Cres&nl;
Willowdale, On, Canada M2N 2Z1&nl;
Phone: [phone]&nl;
EMail: <htmlurl url="mailto:[e-mail]" name="Drew Sullivan">&nl;
Sample prices: $90 Canadian/hour&nl;
Specialities: Unix Systems & Internet Consulting&nl;

<item>
Sytek s.r.l. &nl;
Via Cernaia 14 &nl;
I-10122 Torino, Italy&nl;
Phone: [phone] &nl;
Fax: [phone] &nl;
EMail: <htmlurl url="mailto:[e-mail]"
name="[e-mail]">, <htmlurl url="mailto:[e-mail]" name="[e-mail]">&nl;
Contact: Mariotti Mario&nl;
Type of support: by e-mail, inhouse/outhouse, training&nl;
Sample prices approx. USD60 per hour&nl;
Specialities: General Unix Consultant, X11/Motif
Experts, we own a GUI Builder for Motif (Xad), we have
great experience in writing Unix Device Drivers (char &
block).&nl;


<item>
Wizvax Communications&nl;
1508 Tibbits Ave&nl;
Troy, NY 12180 USA&nl;
Phone:  [phone]&nl;
Fax:    [phone]&nl;
Contacts: <htmlurl url="mailto:[e-mail]"
name="Richard Shetron"> (owner/manager), <htmlurl
url="mailto:[e-mail]" name="Stephanie Gilgut">
(Linux/SunOS/Unix wizard)&nl;
Support: We prefer to do as much support as possible
via e-mail, phone, telnet.&nl;
Sample prices: Prices vary depending on both level of
service desired (24 hr/7 day, business hours, phone,
EMail, etc.) and term of contract (one-shot, monthly,
yearly, etc.).  Typical prices range from USD45/hr for
classes for beginners taught by JR level staff to
USD120/hr for one-shot emergency calls to fix systems
broken by incorrectly installed software/hardware by
non-customers with no support contracts.&nl;
Specialities: We primarily support the multiport serial
boards and cables we sell.  Support for products we
sell is free for installation and initial setup.  We
can do Linux consulting, training, seminars, etc.&nl;

</itemize>
<sect>Value Added Resellers (VARs)
<p>

This section contains some companies who sell preconfigured hardware for
the purpose of running Linux.

<sect1>Advanced System Lab
<p><descrip>

<tag/Address:/ 2342 Shade Tree Lane&nl;
San Jose, CA 95131&nl;
U.S.A.
<tag/Phone:/ +1.408.923.3837
<tag/Fax:/ +1.408.923.4615
<tag/Contact:/ Jeff Nguyen
<tag/EMail:/ <htmlurl url = "mailto:[e-mail]" name = "[e-mail]">
<tag/WWW:/ <htmlurl url = "http://www.aslab.com" name = "http://www.aslab.com">

<tag/Last modified:/ August 20, 1996.

</descrip>


<sect1>Apache Digital Corporation
<p><descrip>

<tag/Address:/ 777 Main Ave. Suite 211&nl;
Durango CO 81301&nl;
U.S.A.

<tag/Phone:/ [phone]
<tag/Fax:/ [phone]
<tag/Contact:/ Mark Wauchope
<tag/EMail:/ <htmlurl url = "mailto:[e-mail]" name = "[e-mail]">
<tag/WWW:/ <htmlurl url = "http://www.apache.com"
name = "http://www.apache.com">

<tag/Last modified:/ August 9, 1996.

</descrip>


<sect1>Chaos Computing, Inc.
<p><descrip>

<tag/Address:/ 8450 Ann Marie Tr.&nl;
Inver Grove Heights, MN 55077&nl;
U.S.A.
<tag/Phone:/ [phone]
<tag/Fax:/ None
<tag/Contact:/ Eric Rotvold
<tag/EMail:/
<htmlurl url = "mailto:[e-mail]" name = "[e-mail]">,
<htmlurl url = "mailto:[e-mail]" name = "[e-mail]">
<tag/WWW:/ <htmlurl url = "http://www.chaoscomp.com"
name = "http://www.chaoscomp.com">

<tag/Last modified:/ August 14, 1996.

</descrip>


<sect1>Linux Hardware Solutions, Inc.
<p><descrip>

<tag/Address:/ 1917 Wild Dunes Drive&nl;
Raleigh, NC 27604&nl;
USA
<tag/Phone:/ [phone]&nl;
+1 888-LINUX-HW
<tag/Fax:/ [phone]
<tag/Contact:/ Kit Cosper <htmlurl url = "mailto:[e-mail]"
name = "<[e-mail]>">
<tag/EMail:/ <htmlurl url = "mailto:[e-mail]"
name = "[e-mail]">
<tag/WWW:/ <htmlurl url = "http://www.linux-hw.com"
name = "http://www.linux-hw.com">

<tag/Last modified:/ August 13, 1996.

</descrip>


<sect1>Pacific Internet
<p><descrip>

<tag/Address:/ 600 Corporate Pointe, Suite 100&nl;
Culver City, CA 90230&nl;
U.S.A.

<tag/Phone:/ [phone]
<tag/Fax:/ [phone]
<tag/Contact:/ K. Kamath, Tania Hayek, Michael Boyer, Denise Schutte, Maria
Lepisto, Natalie Jackson
<tag/EMail:/ <htmlurl url = "mailto:[e-mail]"
name = "[e-mail]">
<tag/WWW:/ <htmlurl url = "http://www.pacnet.com"
name = "http://www.pacnet.com">

<tag/Last modified:/ August 9, 1996.

</descrip>


<sect1>Sound Software Ltd.
<p><descrip>

<tag/Address:/ 20 Abelard Avenue&nl;
Brampton ON&nl;
Canada L6Y 2K8
<tag/Phone:/ [phone]
<tag/Fax:/ [phone]
<tag/Contact:/ Evan Leibovitch
<tag/EMail:/ <htmlurl url = "mailto:[e-mail]" name = "[e-mail]">
<tag/WWW:/ <htmlurl url = "http://www.ftn.net/telly/sound.html"
name = "http://www.ftn.net/telly/sound.html">

<tag/Last modified:/ August 16, 1996.

</descrip>


<sect1>SW Technology
<p><descrip>

<tag/Address:/ 1701 North Greenville Suite 1104&nl;
Richardson, TX 75081&nl;
U.S.A.
<tag/Phone:/ 214-907-0871
<tag/Fax:/ 214-907-9339
<tag/Contact:/ Marvin Y. Wu
<tag/EMail:/ <htmlurl url = "mailto:[e-mail]" name = "[e-mail]">
<tag/WWW:/ <htmlurl url = "http://www.swt.com"
name = "http://www.swt.com">

<tag/Last modified:/ August 9, 1996.

</descrip>


</article>